CVE-2017-9772

Published: Jun 23, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Insufficient sanitisation in the OCaml compiler versions 4.04.0 and 4.04.1 allows external code to be executed with raised privilege in binaries marked as setuid, by setting the CAML_CPLUGINS, CAML_NATIVE_CPLUGINS, or CAML_BYTE_CPLUGINS environment variable.

Affected (2)

Products: Ocaml: Ocaml

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Ocaml Ocaml	Version 4.04.0
Ocaml Ocaml	Version 4.04.1

References (8)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99277

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-07

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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