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Vulnerability CVE-2017-7523
Published: 2017-07-21 Modified: 2017-07-22
| Description: |
Cygwin versions 1.7.2 up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to buffer overflow vulnerability in wcsxfrm/wcsxfrm_l functions resulting into denial-of-service by crashing the process or potential hijack of the process running with administrative privileges triggered by specially crafted input string. |
Type:
CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)
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 |
References: |
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00149.html
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