CVE-2017-7869

HIGH

GnuTLS < 3.5.9 - Out-of-bounds Write via cdk_pkt_read Integer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GnuTLS before 2017-02-20 has an out-of-bounds write caused by an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow related to the cdk_pkt_read function in opencdk/read-packet.c. This issue (which is a subset of the vendor's GNUTLS-SA-2017-3 report) is fixed in 3.5.10.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=420
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.gnutls.org/security.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97040

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0070
EPSS Percentile 72.3%
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-787
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/gnutls < 3.5.9
Published Apr 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026