CVE-2017-7523

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7523
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7523.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-7523
Published
2017-07-21T22:29:00Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:51:41Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Cygwin versions 1.7.2 up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to buffer overflow vulnerability in wcsxfrm/wcsxfrm_l functions resulting into denial-of-service by crashing the process or potential hijack of the process running with administrative privileges triggered by specially crafted input string.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "1.7.6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "1.7.6"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "1.7.13"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "1.7.13"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "1.8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "1.8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "cygwin:cygwin"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/cygwin/cygwin

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/cygwin/cygwin
Events
Introduced
d355bcd31dbdcd283c490b77652d5d9eac717e3c
Last Affected
d3fc6b7cd4bc784ef8ca4b1cb13b2540ff545d30
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.3"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.5"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.5"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.7"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.7"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.8"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.9"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.9"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.10"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.10"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.11"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.11"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.12"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.12"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.14"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.14"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.15"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.15"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.16"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.16"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.17"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.17"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.18"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.18"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.19"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.19"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.21"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.21"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.22"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.22"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.23"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.23"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.24"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.24"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.25"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.25"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.26"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.26"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.27"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.27"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.28"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.28"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.29"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.29"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.31"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.31"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.32"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.32"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.33"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.33"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.34"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.34"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.35"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.35"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.10
1.7.11
1.7.12
1.7.14
1.7.15
1.7.16
1.7.17
1.7.18
1.7.19
1.7.2
1.7.21
1.7.22
1.7.23
1.7.24
1.7.25
1.7.26
1.7.27
1.7.28
1.7.29
1.7.3
1.7.31
1.7.32
1.7.33
1.7.34
1.7.35
1.7.5
1.7.7
1.7.8
1.7.9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7523.json"