CVE-2017-1000249

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-1000249
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-09-11T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-11-08T02:29:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000249
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000249
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:11:59 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:48:25 2017-09-11T19:29Z 2017-09-11T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:48:25 2017-11-08T02:29:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:48:25 Modified Vulnerability Status updated