Critical severity9.8OSV Advisory· Published Jan 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-1000458

Description

Bro before Bro v2.5.2 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in the ContentLine analyzer allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly other exploitation.

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Affected products

Bro/BroOSV2 versions
v1.1, v1.6-dev, v2.0, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: v1.1, v1.6-dev, v2.0, …
- (no CPE)range: <2.5.2

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1856nvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/bro/bro/commit/6c0f101a62489b1c5927b4ed63b0e1d37db40282nvdThird Party Advisory

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