CVE-2017-2784
Publication date 20 April 2017
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
An exploitable free of a stack pointer vulnerability exists in the x509 certificate parsing code of ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.19, 2.x before 2.1.7, and 2.4.x before 2.4.2. A specially crafted x509 certificate, when parsed by mbed TLS library, can cause an invalid free of a stack pointer leading to a potential remote code execution. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker can act as either a client or a server on a network to deliver malicious x509 certificates to vulnerable applications.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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mbedtls | ||
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
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14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
polarssl | ||
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 8.1 · High |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |