Cygwin versions 1.7.2 up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to buffer overflow vulnerability in wcsxfrm/wcsxfrm_l functions resulting into denial-of-service by crashing the process or potential hijack of the process running with administrative privileges triggered by specially crafted input string.
References
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https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00149.html | Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00149.html | Exploit Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
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History
21 Nov 2024, 03:32
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References | () https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00149.html - Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory |
Information
Published : 2017-07-21 22:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:32
NVD link : CVE-2017-7523
Mitre link : CVE-2017-7523
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7523
JSON object : View
Products Affected
cygwin
- cygwin