CVE-2017-11732
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the function dcputs (called from decompileIMPLEMENTS) in util/decompile.c in Ming 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libming | ming | 0.4.8 | |
References
- http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.jp/2017/07/libmingheap-buffer-overflow-in-dcputs.html
- https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/80
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00014.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24
- http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.jp/2017/07/libmingheap-buffer-overflow-in-dcputs.html
- https://github.com/libming/libming/issues/80
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00014.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-24
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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