CVE-2017-13089 describes a critical vulnerability in GNU Wget versions prior to 1.19.2, specifically affecting the skip_short_body() function when processing chunked HTTP responses. An attacker can manipulate a negative chunk length, leading to an attacker-controlled length argument in fd_read(). This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.19.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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