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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 21, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-7523

CVE-2017-7523

Description

Cygwin versions 1.7.2 up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to buffer overflow vulnerability in wcsxfrm/wcsxfrm_l functions resulting into denial-of-service by crashing the process or potential hijack of the process running with administrative privileges triggered by specially crafted input string.

Affected products

33
  • Red Hat/Cygwinv5
    Range: since 1.7.2 up to 2.8.0
  • Cygwin/Cygwin32 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 31 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:1.7.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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