CVE-2017-1000249
N/A
Published: September 11, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFile
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4dVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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