CVE-2017-11423
Microsoft Packing Format CAB Buffer Over-Read Denial of Service
Description
The cabd_read_string function in mspack/cabd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB file.
INFO
Published Date :
July 18, 2017, 8:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946 Added Reference https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873 Added Reference https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vul Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-119 CWE-125 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 14, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 25, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873 Permissions Required Changed Reference Type https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vul No Types Assigned https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vul Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:libmspack_project:libmspack:0.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-11423 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-11423
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.94 }} -0.16%
score
0.82668
percentile