VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-1000249
An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- file project/file
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.