CVE-2017-2816 Memory corruption in LibOfx

What is CVE-2017-2816?

CVE-2017-2816 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 13 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of LibOFX 0.9.11. A specially crafted OFX file can cause a write out of bounds resulting in a buffer overflow on the stack. An attacker can construct a malicious OFX file to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2816?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Libofx Project Libofx.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2816?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-2816 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2816 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2816, GHSA-3w43-mhj6-r4fj, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2816.