CVE-2017-1000249

low-risk
Published 2017-09-11

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).

Do I need to act?

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0.14% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

File

Affected Vendors

File Project

References (8)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
Patch https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793
Patch https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
Patch https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793
Patch https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal