CVE-2017-5357

regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command, which triggers an invalid free.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-02-17 02:59

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:49

NVD link : CVE-2017-5357

Mitre link : CVE-2017-5357

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-5357

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

ed

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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