CVE-2017-7938 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can cause a crash or potentially execute code via a stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry when processing long arguments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-7938?
CVE-2017-7938 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument. An example threat model is automated execution of DMitry with hostname strings found in local log files.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7938?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mor-Pah.net Dmitry Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7938?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-7938 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-7938 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7938, GHSA-494m-pv6g-vh73, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7938.