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medium 6.6

CVE-2017-7938 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of serv…

published 2017-04-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16909

cvss
6.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in DMitry (Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool) version 1.3a (Unix) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long argument. An example threat model is automated execution of DMitry with hostname strings found in local log files.

Patch / fix

  • dmitry Debian 12 1.3a-1.2+deb12u1
  • dmitry Debian 14, Debian 13 1.3a-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7938

  • dmitry Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.3a-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
  • dmitry Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.3a-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
  • dmitry Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.3a-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
  • dmitry Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1.3a-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
  • dmitry Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 1.3a-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7938

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-41898)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

4.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41898 Dmitry 1.3a - Local Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2017-04-19
  • packetstormsecurity.com https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142210/Dmitry-1.3a-Local-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • cxsecurity.com https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040113 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CNA 3.1 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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