CVE-2017-7555

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings. Attacker could send crafted strings that would cause the application using augeas to copy past the end of a buffer, leading to a crash or possible code execution.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-122CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat, Inc.augeasup to and including 1.8.0

References

Timeline

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

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CVE-2017-7555: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix