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CVE-2017-7938
Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of…
Medium6.6EPSS 5.0%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument. An example threat model is automated execution of DMitry with hostname strings found in local log files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142210/Dmitry-1.3a-Local-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040113 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 41898 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- https://github.com/jaygreig86/dmitry/pull/12 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00024.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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