CVE-2017-7476 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.

Published: 2017-05-02

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Gnulib before 2017-04-26

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Gnulib before 2017-04-26`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnulib:gnulib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16497	Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the save_abbr function in time_rz.c.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01611.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=94e01571507835ff59dd8ce2a0b56a4b566965a4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98098
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444774
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445185
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7476
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7476
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7476

History

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Gnulib Gnulib

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-05-02T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:04:11.728Z

Reserved: 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7476

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-02T17:59:00.163

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-7476

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-04-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7476 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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