CVE-2017-7938
Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument. An example threat model is automated execution of DMitry with hostname strings found in local log files.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.99% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 April 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- mor-pah.net/dmitry deepmagic information gathering tool
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.0% 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.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040113Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jaygreig86/dmitry/pull/12
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142210/Dmitry-1.3a-Local-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41898/
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040113Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jaygreig86/dmitry/pull/12
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00024.html
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142210/Dmitry-1.3a-Local-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41898/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.