Buffer overflow in Antenna House Dmc Htmlfilter
CVE-2017-2793
An exploitable heap corruption vulnerability exists in the UnCompressUnicode 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 send/provide malicious XLS file to trigger this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (72.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Antenna House Dmc Htmlfilter — versions as shipped with MarkLogic 8.0-6
- Marklogic — versions 8.0-6
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2017-0285/ (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-2793?
- CVE-2017-2793 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 2017-05-23.
- How severe is CVE-2017-2793?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-2793 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.