CVE-2017-13090
moderate-risk
Published 2017-10-27
The retr.c:fd_read_body() function is called when processing OK responses. When the response is sent chunked in wget before 1.19.2, the chunk parser uses strtol() to read each chunk's length, but doesn't check that the chunk length is a non-negative number. The code then tries to read the chunk in pieces of 8192 bytes by using the MIN() macro, but ends up passing the negative chunk length to retr.c:fd_read(). As fd_read() takes an int argument, the high 32 bits of the chunk length are discarded, leaving fd_read() with a completely attacker controlled length argument. The attacker can corrupt malloc metadata after the allocated buffer.
Do I need to act?
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8.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate 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
8
CVSS 8.8/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (3)
References (16)
Issue Tracking
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4008
Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101590
Issue Tracking
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039661
Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-06
Issue Tracking
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4008
Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101590
Issue Tracking
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039661
Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-06
49
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
10/34 · Low
Exposure
9/34 · Low