Use-after-free error in PowerISO - CVE-2017-2823
Published: May 11, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6517
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2823
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PowerISO Computing, Inc.
Affected software:
PowerISO
PowerISO
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to use-after-free error in the ISO parsing functionality of Power Software Ltd PowerISO. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted ISO file, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability result in arbitrary code execution.
The weakness exists due to use-after-free error in the ISO parsing functionality of Power Software Ltd PowerISO. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted ISO file, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability result in arbitrary code execution.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2823
Cybersecurity is currently unaware of any official solutions resolving the vulnerability.