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CVE-2017-2779

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLabVIEWLabview

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the RSRC segment parsing functionality of LabVIEW 2017, LabVIEW 2016, LabVIEW 2015, and LabVIEW 2014. A specially crafted Virtual Instrument (VI) file can cause an attacker controlled looping condition resulting in an arbitrary null write. An attacker controlled VI file can be used to trigger this vulnerability and can potentially result in code execution.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ni.com/product-documentation/54099/en/
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100519
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/09/0patching-rsrc-arbitrary-null-write.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0273

CVSS

7.5HIGHtalos
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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