Description
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.
Published: 2017-07-21
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16540 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:03:20.729Z

Reserved: 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7523

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-21T22:29:00.283

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-7523

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