{"id":"CVE-2017-7555","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-7555","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:16:51.943Z","title":"Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings.","description":"Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings. Attacker could send crafted strings that would cause the application using augeas to copy past the end of a buffer, leading to a crash or possible code execution.","published":"2017-08-17T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:24:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-122","CWE-119"],"affected":["augeas/augeas"],"epss":{"score":0.05204,"percentile":0.92443,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3949","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100378","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2403","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3949","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100378","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2403","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7555","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}