CVE-2017-3158

Description

A race condition in Guacamole's terminal emulator in versions 0.9.5 through 0.9.10-incubating could allow writes of blocks of printed data to overlap. Such overlapping writes could cause packet data to be misread as the packet length, resulting in the remaining data being written beyond the end of a statically-allocated buffer.

Category

8.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.72% Top 30%
Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache Guacamole
Published at:
Updated at:

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-3158?
CVE-2017-3158 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-3158?
To fix CVE-2017-3158, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-3158 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-3158 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2017-3158?
CVE-2017-3158 affects Apache Software Foundation Apache Guacamole.
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