Buffer overflow in Bladeenc
CVE-2017-14648
A global buffer overflow was discovered in the iteration_loop function in loop.c in BladeEnc version 0.94.2. The vulnerability causes an out-of-bounds write, which leads to remote denial of service or possibly code execution.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Bladeenc — versions 0.94.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/19/bladeenc-global-buffer-overflow-in-iteration_lo… (Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-18 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-14648?
- CVE-2017-14648 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bladeenc, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-21.
- How severe is CVE-2017-14648?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.