CVE-2017-2808
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.71%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted ledger file can cause a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can convince a user to load a 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
- 1.71% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- ledger-cli/ledger
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
EPSS 1.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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/100546Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0304Technical Description, Third 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/100546Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0304Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.