CVE-2017-1000249
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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).
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793cnnvd
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4dcnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4denisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965nvd
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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