CVE-2017-16869 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Upx-ucl

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian Upx-uclUPX
Timeline
PublishedNov 17
Latest updateMay 17

Description

p_mach.cpp in UPX 3.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Mach-O file, related to canPack and unpack functions. NOTE: the vendor has stated "there is no security implication whatsoever.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/upx-ucl< upx-ucl 3.94-4 (bullseye)
▶NVDupx/upx3.94

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-3j3j-cj56-29p8: ** DISPUTED ** p_mach↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-16869: ** DISPUTED ** p_mach↗2017-11-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-16869: p_mach↗2017-11-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-16869: upx-ucl - p_mach.cpp in UPX 3.94 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (inv...↗2017
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CVE-2017-16869 — Debian Upx-ucl vulnerability | cvebase