VDB
CVE-2017-7555
CVE-2017-7555
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
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.
EPSS 5.00% · 91.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
5.00%
91.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | augeas | 0, 1.3.0-0ubuntu1, 1.3.0-0ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | augeas | 1.1.0-0ubuntu4, 1.2.0-0ubuntu1, 1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1 |
Timeline
- Aug 17, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 5, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Jan 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7555 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1478373 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3400-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7555 third-party-advisory