CVE-2017-17969

Summary

CVECVE-2017-17969
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-30 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-21 20:29:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the NCompress::NShrink::CDecoder::CodeReal method in 7-Zip before 18.00 and p7zip allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted ZIP archive.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application 7-zip 7-zip All All All All
Application 7-zip 7-zip All All All All
Application 7-zip P7zip All All All All
Application 7-zip P7zip All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3913-1: P7ZIP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4104-1 p7zip DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1268-1] p7zip security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
7-Zip RAR and ZIP Archive Processing Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
0patch Blog: Two Interesting Micropatches For 7-Zip (CVE-2017-17969 and CVE-2018-5996) MISC 0patch.blogspot.si
7-Zip: Multiple Memory Corruptions via RAR and ZIP | landave's blog MISC landave.io Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500507 Alpine Linux Security Update for p7zip
  • 504266 Alpine Linux Security Update for p7zip
  • 900090 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for p7zip 16.02
  • 901474 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for p7zip (6783-1)
  • 902852 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for p7zip (4255)
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