CVE-2017-2807

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202004-05

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted journal file can cause an integer underflow resulting in code execution. An attacker can construct a malicious journal file to trigger this vulnerability.

Existe una vulnerabilidad explotable de desbordamiento de búfer en la funcionalidad de análisis sintáctico de etiquetas de Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. Un archivo journal especialmente manipulado podría provocar un desbordamiento inferior de enteros que daría lugar a la ejecución de código. Un atacante puede crear un archivo journal malicioso para provocar esta vulnerabilidad.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ledger, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code. Versions less than 3.1.2 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-12-01 CVE Reserved
2017-09-05 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2025-04-21 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100543	Third Party Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0303	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html	2022-04-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html	2022-04-19
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05	2022-04-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ledger-cli Search vendor "Ledger-cli"		Ledger Search vendor "Ledger-cli" for product "Ledger"				3.1.1 Search vendor "Ledger-cli" for product "Ledger" and version "3.1.1"		-		Affected