CVE-2017-2807
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted journal file can cause an integer underflow resulting in code execution. An attacker can construct a malicious journal file to trigger this vulnerability.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
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 | bookworm | fixed | 3.1.2+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.1.2+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.1.2+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.1.2+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.1.2+dfsg1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ledger-cli | ledger | 3.1.1 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100543
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0303
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2807
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.