CVE-2017-9847 — Out-of-bounds Read in Libtorrent-rasterbar

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read7 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian Libtorrent-rasterbarLibtorrent
Timeline
PublishedJun 24
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The bdecode function in bdecode.cpp in libtorrent 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/libtorrent-rasterbar< libtorrent-rasterbar 1.1.4-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cprj-g8xp-69pf: The bdecode function in bdecode↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-9847: The bdecode function in bdecode↗2017-06-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-9847: libtorrent-rasterbar - The bdecode function in bdecode.cpp in libtorrent 1.1.3 allows remote attackers ...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9847 rb_libtorrent: Heap-buffer overflow in bdecode function↗2017-06-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9847 rb_libtorrent: Heap-buffer overflow in bdecode function [epel-7]↗2017-06-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9847 rb_libtorrent: Heap-buffer overflow in bdecode function [fedora-all]↗2017-06-29
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