# CVE-2017-7967: Memory corruption in VAMPSET

> A local attacker can cause a denial of service in Schneider Electric VAMPSET by opening a malformed file, requiring an upgrade to fix.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 9 May 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m34p-hw58-6hwf

## What is CVE-2017-7967?

CVE-2017-7967 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Schneider Electric SE VAMPSET, published on 9 May 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

All versions of VAMPSET software produced by Schneider Electric, prior to V2.2.189, are susceptible to a memory corruption vulnerability when a corrupted vf2 file is used. This vulnerability causes the software to halt or not start when trying to open the corrupted file. This vulnerability occurs when fill settings are intentionally malformed and is opened in a standalone state, without connection to a protection relay. This attack is not considered to be remotely exploitable. This vulnerability has no effect on the operation of the protection relay to which VAMPSET is connected. As Windows operating system remains operational and VAMPSET responds, it is able to be shut down through its normal closing protocol.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7967?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Schneider-Electric Vampset.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-7967?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7967 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-7967 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric SE VAMPSET

- [CVE-2014-8390](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8390/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 4.4)
- [CVE-2014-5407](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5407/): Schneider Electric VAMPSET Stack-based Buffer Overflow (medium 4.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-7967 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-7967 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Schneider Electric SE VAMPSET, published on 9 May 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Schneider Electric SE VAMPSET. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7967/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7967/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7967
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7967
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7967

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