High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-2807
CVE-2017-2807
Description
An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted journal file can cause an integer underflow resulting in code execution. An attacker can construct a malicious journal file to trigger this vulnerability.
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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:a:ledger-cli:ledger:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ledger&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/ledger&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/ledger&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ledger&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1
< 3.1.3-lp151.3.3.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.3-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.3-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.1-3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.3-bp151.4.3.1
- Range: 3.1.1
Patches
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References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100543nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0303nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05nvd
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