UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7892 (CVE-2017-7892)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-04-17 21:59 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website
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Details

Sandstorm Cap'n Proto before 0.5.3.1 allows remote crashes related to a compiler optimization. A remote attacker can trigger a segfault in a 32-bit libcapnp application because Cap'n Proto relies on pointer arithmetic calculations that overflow. An example compiler with optimization that elides a bounds check in such calculations is Apple LLVM version 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.41). The attack vector is a crafted far pointer within a message.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7892",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:14Z",
  "published": "2017-04-17T21:59:00Z",
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}



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