Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-9772

Description

Insufficient sanitisation in the OCaml compiler versions 4.04.0 and 4.04.1 allows external code to be executed with raised privilege in binaries marked as setuid, by setting the CAML_CPLUGINS, CAML_NATIVE_CPLUGINS, or CAML_BYTE_CPLUGINS environment variable.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

Ocaml/Ocaml3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ocaml:ocaml:4.04.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ocaml:ocaml:4.04.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ocaml:ocaml:4.04.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 4.04.0, 4.04.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.phpnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.htmlnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07nvd

News mentions

No linked articles in our index yet.

cvss	0.637
epss	0.003
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000