CVE-2017-20051 (GCVE-0-2017-20051)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-16 06:15 – Updated: 2026-09-30 17:36
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** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: The sole source documents PE-format conformance defects in innosetup-5.5.9.exe with no exploit, attack path, or untrusted search path condition (CWE-426/427), and the author states Windows loads these files normally; the record's remote/exploited claims are unsupported, as is the product maintainer's contention.
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