What is CVE-2017-11729?

CVE-2017-11729 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming Ming, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-11729?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Libming Ming

CVE-2017-11729

A heap-based buffer over-read was found in the function OpCode (called from decompileINCR_DECR line 1440) in util/decompile.c in Ming 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (61.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libming Ming — versions 0.4.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11729?: CVE-2017-11729 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming Ming, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-11729?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.