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CVE-2017-7555
Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings.…
Critical9.8EPSS 5.2%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Red Hat, Inc. · augeas
- affected up to and including 1.8.0
References (6)
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 100378 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2788 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-3949 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2403 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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