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    CVE-2017-7523

    Cygwin versions 1.7.2 up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to buffer overflow vulnerability in wcsxfrm/wcsxfrm_l functions resulting into denial-of-service by crashing the process or potential hijack of the process running with administrative privileges triggered by specially crafted input string.

    Published:Jul 21, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Jul 21, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00419
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cygwin
    Product
    Cygwin

    Exploits

    https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00149.htmlhttps://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00149.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High