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CVE-2017-8804

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Published: May 7, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

The xdr_bytes and xdr_string functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.25 mishandle failures of buffer deserialization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual memory allocation, or memory consumption if an overcommit setting is not used) via a crafted UDP packet to port 111, a related issue to CVE-2017-8779. NOTE: [Information provided from upstream and references

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Glibc
Gnu
1 product
Glibc
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Glibc
Version 2.25

Related CWEs

CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid.

References (22)

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Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
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Broken Link
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Issue TrackingPatch
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Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue TrackingPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatch

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