Stack-based buffer overflow in Ledger - CVE-2017-12481
Published: July 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19275
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12481
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the find_option function in option.cc when processing a crafted file. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Ledger
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12481
Install update from vendor's website.
Ledger - update to 3.1.2