CVE-2017-20005

CRITICAL

NGINX <1.13.6 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that exceed four digits, as demonstrated by a file with a modification date in 1969 that causes an integer overflow (or a false modification date far in the future), when encountered by the autoindex module.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://nginx.org/en/CHANGES
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1368
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0006/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0325
EPSS Percentile 87.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-190 CWE-120
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
f5/nginx < 1.13.6
Published Jun 06, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026