CVE-2017-17969 (GCVE-0-2017-17969)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-30 16:00 – Updated: 2025-01-10 18:53
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Summary
Heap-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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-01-23 00:00
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    },
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      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2017-17969",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2017-17969.json",
      "version": "14"
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}



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