Buffer overflow in Justsystems Ichitaro
CVE-2017-2789
When copying filedata into a buffer, JustSystems Ichitaro Office 2016 Trial will calculate two values to determine how much data to copy from the document. If both of these values are larger than the size of the buffer, the application will choose the smaller of the two and trust it to copy data from the file. This value is larger than the buffer size, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow. This overflow corrupts an offset in the heap used in pointer arithmetic for writing data and can lead to code execution under the context of the application.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.023 (81.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Justsystems Ichitaro — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- talos-cna@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- talos-cna@cisco.com (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-2789?
- CVE-2017-2789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Justsystems Ichitaro, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-02-24.
- How severe is CVE-2017-2789?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.