Heap-based buffer overflow in wget - CVE-2017-13090
Published: October 27, 2017 / Updated: October 31, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8960
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13090
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
wget
wget
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in the fd_read_body() function in 'src/retr.c'' when processing HTTP chunk size values. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP data, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-13090
Update to version 1.19.2.