Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU11444

Heap-based buffer overflow in bchunk - CVE-2017-15953

Published: March 25, 2018 / Updated: April 2, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11444

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15953

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Arch Linux

Affected software:
bchunk

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow when processing a malformed CUE (.cue) file. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Update to version 1.2.2 or later.