UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2808
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2808
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2808.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2808
- Upstream
- Published
- 2017-09-05T18:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-16T07:36:36.746185Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted ledger file can cause a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can convince a user to load a journal file to trigger this vulnerability.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ledger
Package
- Name
- ledger
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/ledger@3.1.1+dfsg1-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial