Out-of-bounds read in LibSass - CVE-2017-10687
Published: June 30, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38797
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10687
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the function json_mkstream() in sass_context.cpp. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
LibSass
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10687
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.