What is CVE-2017-8305?

CVE-2017-8305 is a critical-severity vulnerability in 13thmonkey Udfclient, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-8305?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in 13thmonkey Udfclient

CVE-2017-8305

The UDFclient (before 0.8.8) custom strlcpy implementation has a buffer overflow. UDFclient's strlcpy is used only on systems with a C library (e.g., glibc) that lacks its own strlcpy.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

13thmonkey Udfclient
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8305?: CVE-2017-8305 is a critical-severity vulnerability in 13thmonkey Udfclient, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-8305?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.