CVE-2017-7523
HIGHCygwin 1.7.2-1.8.0 - Buffer Overflow in wcsxfrm/wcsxfrm_l Functions
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00149.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0275
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (33)
cygwin/cygwin
1.7.2
cygwin/cygwin
1.7.3
cygwin/cygwin
1.7.5
cygwin/cygwin
1.7.6
cygwin/cygwin
1.7.7
cygwin/cygwin
1.7.8
cygwin/cygwin
1.7.9
cygwin/cygwin
1.7.10
cygwin/cygwin
1.7.11
cygwin/cygwin
1.7.12
... and 23 more
Published
Jul 21, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026