CVE-2017-8829 is a deserialization vulnerability in lintian versions up to 2.5.50.3, allowing remote code execution through a crafted YAML file within a source package. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.50.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:lintian:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.