VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-7869
GnuTLS before 2017-02-20 has an out-of-bounds write caused by an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow related to the cdk_pkt_read function in opencdk/read-packet.c.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.84%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GnuTLS before 2017-02-20 has an out-of-bounds write caused by an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow related to the cdk_pkt_read function in opencdk/read-packet.c. This issue (which is a subset of the vendor's GNUTLS-SA-2017-3 report) is fixed in 3.5.10.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.84% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- gnu/gnutls
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97040Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=420Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/51464af713d71802e3c6d5ac15f1a95132a354fePatch
- https://www.gnutls.org/security.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97040Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=420Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/51464af713d71802e3c6d5ac15f1a95132a354fePatch
- https://www.gnutls.org/security.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.