What is CVE-2017-2792?

CVE-2017-2792 is a high-severity vulnerability in Antenna House Dmc Htmlfilter, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2018-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-2792?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Antenna House Dmc Htmlfilter

CVE-2017-2792

An exploitable heap corruption vulnerability exists in the iBldDirInfo functionality of Antenna House DMC HTMLFilter used by MarkLogic 8.0-6. A specially crafted xls file can cause a heap corruption resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious xls file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (70.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Antenna House Dmc Htmlfilter — versions as shipped with MarkLogic 8.0-6
Marklogic — versions 8.0-6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2792?: CVE-2017-2792 is a high-severity vulnerability in Antenna House Dmc Htmlfilter, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2018-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-2792?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.