CVE-2017-7908 Memory corruption in GE Communicator

What is CVE-2017-7908?

CVE-2017-7908 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in GE Communicator, published on 2 Oct 2018. 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

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the third-party product Gigasoft, v5 and prior, included in GE Communicator 3.15 and prior. A malicious HTML file that loads the ActiveX controls can trigger the vulnerability via unchecked function calls.

Weakness: CWE-119, CWE-122

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7908?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ge Ge Communicator, Gigasoft Proessentials.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7908?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7908 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2017-7908 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7908 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in GE Communicator

• CVE-2019-6548 Hardcoded credentials in GE Communicator Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-6546 Path traversal in GE Communicator High 7.8
• CVE-2019-6564 Privilege escalation in GE Communicator High 7.8
• CVE-2019-6566 Privilege escalation in GE Communicator High 7.8
• CVE-2019-6544 Privilege escalation in GE Communicator Medium 5.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-qq36-4xmm-39mc.