5.5

CVE-2017-1000249: file_project file

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000249DSA-3965-1
Published 11-09-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-1000249 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in file_project file. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10755-1

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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).

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • file< 1:5.32-1 | < 1:5.30-1+deb9u1
File_project1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links