CVE-2017-2816

high
Published 2017-09-13 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VIR risk
8.8

Description

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of LibOFX 0.9.11. A specially crafted OFX file can cause a write out of bounds resulting in a buffer overflow on the stack. An attacker can construct a malicious OFX file to trigger this vulnerability.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed0.9.12-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:0.9.11-4
debian debianbullseyefixed1:0.9.11-4
debian debianforkyfixed1:0.9.11-4
debian debiansidfixed1:0.9.11-4
debian debiantrixiefixed1:0.9.11-4
debian debian7.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libofx_projectlibofx0.9.11

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.