CVE-2017-2808

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted ledger file can cause a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can convince a user to load a journal file to trigger this vulnerability.

• CWE-416

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100546Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0304Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100546Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0304Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

Published

Sep 5, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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