Vulnerability CVE-2017-5357
Published: 2017-02-16   Modified: 2017-02-17

Description:
regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command, which triggers an invalid free.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> ED 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.html
Copyright 2024, cxsecurity.com

 

Back to Top