Libsass
CVE-2017-11605
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.17%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
There is a heap based buffer over-read in LibSass 3.4.5, related to address 0xb4803ea1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate array indices and buffer lengths. Use memory-safe languages. Enable AddressSanitizer during testing.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125), which allows attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries. There is a heap based buffer over-read in LibSass 3.4.5, related to address 0xb4803ea1. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. Affected products include: Libsass.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
There is a heap based buffer over-read in LibSass 3.4.5, related to address 0xb4803ea1. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
An issue was discovered in LibSass through 3.5.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
An issue was discovered in LibSass <3.5.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, n
An issue was discovered in LibSass through 3.5.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
An issue was discovered in LibSass through 3.5.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
An issue was discovered in LibSass through 3.5.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
An issue was discovered in LibSass through 3.5.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploit
There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the lex function in parser.hpp (as used in sassc) in LibSass 3.4.5. Rated
There is an illegal address access in ast.cpp of LibSass 3.4.5. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is re
There is a heap based buffer over-read in lexer.hpp of LibSass 3.4.5. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability
There is an illegal address access in the Eval::operator function in eval.cpp in LibSass 3.4.5. Rated high severity (CVS
There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the Parser::advanceToNextToken function in parser.cpp in LibSass 3.4.5. Ra
LibSass before 3.6.3 allows a NULL pointer dereference in Sass::Parser::parseCompoundSelector in parser_selectors.cpp. R
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