CVE-2017-12424

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 4, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-12424: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix