VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-2807
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of Ledger-CLI 3.1.1.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.97%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted journal file can cause an integer underflow resulting in code execution. An attacker can construct a malicious journal file to trigger this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.97% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ledger-cli/ledger
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100543Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0303Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100543Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0303Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.