CVE-2017-8804

** DISPUTED ** The xdr_bytes and xdr_string functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.25 mishandle failures of buffer deserialization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual memory allocation, or memory consumption if an overcommit setting is not used) via a crafted UDP packet to port 111, a related issue to CVE-2017-8779. NOTE: [Information provided from upstream and references]

• CVE ID
• CVE-2017-8804

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Modified

• Published Version
• 2017-05-07T18:29:00

• Last Modified Date
• 2020-08-26T14:15:10

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• LOW

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Integrity Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• COMPLETE

• Base Score
• 7.8

• Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 10

• Impact Score
• 6.9

• Version
• 3.0

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

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 7.5

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 3.9

• Impact Score
• 3.6