Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-7555
CVE-2017-7555
Description
Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings. Attacker could send crafted strings that would cause the application using augeas to copy past the end of a buffer, leading to a crash or possible code execution.
Affected products
2- Red Hat, Inc./augeasv5Range: up to and including 1.8.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100378nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3949nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2788nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2403nvd
- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-7555nvd
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