fkie_cve-2017-7555
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-08-17 19:29
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
Summary
Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings. Attacker could send crafted strings that would cause the application using augeas to copy past the end of a buffer, leading to a crash or possible code execution.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
augeas augeas *



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  "lastModified": "2025-04-20T01:37:25.860",
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