7.5high

CVE-2017-2808

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1.

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.7%
percentile 77%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted ledger file can cause a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can convince a user to load a journal file to trigger this vulnerability.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.71% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
CNA3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Ledger Ledger CLI

Classification

Weakness

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/100546 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/202004-05 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0304 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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