CVE-2017-7555
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.2% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.2% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-122 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-08-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| augeas | augeas |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3949
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2403
- https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3949
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2403
- https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555
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