CVE-2017-9763

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-9763
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-19 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-05 17:54:00 UTC
DescriptionThe grub_ext2_read_block function in fs/ext2.c in GNU GRUB before 2013-11-12, as used in shlr/grub/fs/ext2.c in radare2 1.5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive stack use and application crash) via a crafted binary file, related to use of a variable-size stack array.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Radare Radare2 1.5.0 All All All
Application Radare Radare2 1.5.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SIGSEGV (Too large variable on stack) in grub_ext2_read_block() · Issue #7723 · radare/radare2 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
GNU GRUB CVE-2017-9763 Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Fix #7723 - crash in ext2 GRUB code because of variable size array in… · radare/radare2@65000a7 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
grub.git - GNU GRUB CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
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