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CVE-2017-1000249
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-09-11T19:29:00.200 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:58:58.847

Summary

An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).

Affected products

file_project — file

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References

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