{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7555","details":"Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings. Attacker could send crafted strings that would cause the application using augeas to copy past the end of a buffer, leading to a crash or possible code execution.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:32:07.893851Z","published":"2017-08-17T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3400-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-7555"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7555"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/480"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1478373"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3400-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7555"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"augeas","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/augeas@1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3"}]}],"versions":["1.1.0-0ubuntu2","1.1.0-0ubuntu3","1.1.0-0ubuntu4","1.2.0-0ubuntu1","1.2.0-0ubuntu1.1","1.2.0-0ubuntu1.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3","binary_name":"augeas-lenses"},{"binary_name":"augeas-tools","binary_version":"1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3"},{"binary_name":"libaugeas0","binary_version":"1.2.0-0ubuntu1.3"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7555.json"}},{"package":{"name":"augeas","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/augeas@1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["1.3.0-0ubuntu1","1.3.0-0ubuntu2","1.4.0-0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"augeas-lenses","binary_version":"1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_version":"1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"augeas-tools"},{"binary_name":"libaugeas0","binary_version":"1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7555.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}