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CVE-2017-2816

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of LibOFX 0.9.11. A specially crafted OFX file can cause a write out of bounds resulting in a buffer overflow on the stack. An attacker can construct a malicious OFX file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0
• Libofx Project Libofx: 0.9.11

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100828
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00038.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-26
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0317
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100828
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00038.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-26
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0317

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