CVE-2017-2779

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-2779
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-05 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-19 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the RSRC segment parsing functionality of LabVIEW 2017, LabVIEW 2016, LabVIEW 2015, and LabVIEW 2014. A specially crafted Virtual Instrument (VI) file can cause an attacker controlled looping condition resulting in an arbitrary null write. An attacker controlled VI file can be used to trigger this vulnerability and can potentially result in code execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ni Labview 2014 All All All
Application Ni Labview 2015 All All All
Application Ni Labview 2016 All All All
Application Ni Labview 2017 All All All
Application Ni Labview 2014 All All All
Application Ni Labview 2015 All All All
Application Ni Labview 2016 All All All
Application Ni Labview 2017 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
National Instruments LabVIEW CVE-2017-2779 Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
TALOS-2017-0273 || Cisco Talos Intelligence Group - Comprehensive Threat Intelligence MISC www.talosintelligence.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Incomplete RSRC Validation in LabVIEW - National Instruments CONFIRM www.ni.com Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
0patch Blog: 0patching the RSRC Arbitrary NULL Write Vulnerability in LabVIEW (CVE-2017-2779) MISC 0patch.blogspot.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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