CVE-2017-2808 (GCVE-0-2017-2808)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-05 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:32
VLAI
Summary
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted ledger file can cause a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can convince a user to load a journal file to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • arbitrary code execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Ledger Ledger CLI Affected: Ledger HEAD Ledger 3.1.
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Date Public
2017-08-30 00:00
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