CVE-2017-1000249

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2017-1000249 · Published 11/09/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-1000249 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting file (file project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.40%, higher than 34.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
file file_project	`= 5.29`	No fix yet

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).

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

file

file_project

= 5.29

No fix yet

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