CVE-2017-0359 describes a critical vulnerability in diffoscope before version 77, affecting Debian and Reproducible Builds distributions of diffoscope. This flaw allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to any location on disk by crafting a malicious archive. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential impact remains high.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 77CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:reproducible_builds:diffoscope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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