Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-1000249
CVE-2017-1000249
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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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: before commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02nvd
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