CVE-2017-8305

critical

Published 2017-04-27 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

The UDFclient (before 0.8.8) custom strlcpy implementation has a buffer overflow. UDFclient's strlcpy is used only on systems with a C library (e.g., glibc) that lacks its own strlcpy.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

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	`0.8.8-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.8.8-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.8.8-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.8.8-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.8.8-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
13thmonkey	udfclient	`{"endIncluding":"0.8.7"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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