CVE-2017-7938

moderate-risk
Published 2017-04-20

Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument. An example threat model is automated execution of DMitry with hostname strings found in local log files.

Do I need to act?

~
1.9% 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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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.6/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

38
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal