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CVE-2017-7555
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-08-17T19:29:00.223 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:24:36.093

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.

Affected products

augeas — augeas

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References

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