CVE-2017-1000249
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.14%file - security update
Published: 9/11/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000249
Description
An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/filefrom 0, < 1:5.32-1
- Debian/filefrom 0, < 1:5.30-1+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |