Buffer overflow in Mor-Pah.net Dmitry Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool

CVE-2017-7938

Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument. An example threat model is automated execution of DMitry with hostname strings found in local log files.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.050 (91.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7938?
CVE-2017-7938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mor-Pah.net Dmitry Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2017-04-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-7938?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7938 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.