CVE-2017-12424
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 0.58%shadow - security update
Published: 8/4/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In shadow before 4.5, the newusers tool could be made to manipulate internal data structures in ways unintended by the authors. Malformed input may lead to crashes (with a buffer overflow or other memory corruption) or other unspecified behaviors. This crosses a privilege boundary in, for example, certain web-hosting environments in which a Control Panel allows an unprivileged user account to create subaccounts.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/shadowfrom 0, < 1:4.5-1
- Debian/shadowfrom 0, < 1:4.4-4.1+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |