CVE-2017-7476
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
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
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnulib | gnulib | {"endIncluding":"2017-04-25"} | |
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=94e01571507835ff59dd8ce2a0b56a4b566965a4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98098
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444774
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445185
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7476
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7476.html
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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