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CVE-2017-0553

libnl: Integer overflow in nlmsg_reserve()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 7, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the libnl library. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application compiled with libnl to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running such an application.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound