CVE-2017-11608

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Published 2017-07-24 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Sass::Prelexer::re_linebreak function in lexer.cpp in LibSass 3.4.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`3.5.4-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.4.6-1`
sid	Fixed	`3.4.6-1`
forky	Fixed	`3.4.6-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.4.6-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.4.6-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libsass	libsass	`3.4.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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