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ubuntu-cve-2017-12481

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-08-04 19:29

Modified

2025-10-24 04:46

Summary

Details

The find_option function in option.cc in Ledger 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12481	REPORT
	http://bugs.ledger-cli.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222	REPORT
	https://github.com/ledger/ledger/commit/c5343f187…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12481	REPORT

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            "binary_version": "3.1.1+dfsg1-1"
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          },
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  "published": "2017-08-04T19:29:00Z",
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    },
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  ]
}

CVE-2017-12481 (GCVE-0-2017-12481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-04 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:36

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

4 references

URL	Tags
http://bugs.ledger-cli.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222	x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Date Public

2017-08-04 00:00

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2017-12481

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-12481 (GCVE-0-2017-12481)

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