High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-2808
CVE-2017-2808
Description
An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted ledger file can cause a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can convince a user to load a journal file to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:ledger-cli:ledger:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: Ledger HEAD Ledger 3.1.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100546nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0304nvdTechnical DescriptionThird 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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