CVE-2017-12481

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-08-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The find_option function in option.cc in Ledger 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Affected products

Ledger CLI: 3.1.1

References

http://bugs.ledger-cli.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05
http://bugs.ledger-cli.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05

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