Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-1000249 · published 11 September 2017

CVE-2017-1000249: File project file memory buffer overflow vulnerability

File Project · File

An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).

5.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 0.40% · top 67.7% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow

5.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 2.1

0.40%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

8References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

File File Project

References

Link	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-1000249), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-03). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.