CVE-2017-9772
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.5% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Insufficient sanitisation in the OCaml compiler versions 4.04.0 and 4.04.1 allows external code to be executed with raised privilege in binaries marked as setuid, by setting the CAML_CPLUGINS, CAML_NATIVE_CPLUGINS, or CAML_BYTE_CPLUGINS environment variable.
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 | 3.5% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-06-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ocaml | ocaml |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277
- https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07
- https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277
- https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07
- https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html
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