CVE-2017-7555

Critical

Description

Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings. Attacker could send crafted strings that would cause the application using augeas to copy past the end of a buffer, leading to a crash or possible code execution.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductAugeas
PublishedAug 17, 2017
First seenAug 17, 2017
Weakness typeCWE-122CWE-122

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
augeas augeasv ≤ 1.8.0—

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