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.

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

EPSS: 0.014 (70.3th 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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

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.