CVE-2017-2816
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 13, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxLibofxLibOfx
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of LibOFX 0.9.11. A specially crafted OFX file can cause a write out of bounds resulting in a buffer overflow on the stack. An attacker can construct a malicious OFX file to trigger this vulnerability.
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 (4)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100828Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00038.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-26x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0317CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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