CVE-2017-14648
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 21, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:06 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBladeenc
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
A global buffer overflow was discovered in the iteration_loop function in loop.c in BladeEnc version 0.94.2. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which leads to remote denial of service or possibly code execution.
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:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/19/bladeenc-global-buffer-overflow-in-iteration_loop-loop-c/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-18CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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