PT-2017-14606 · Upx+1 · Upx+1

Fanrong1992 · Published 2017-11-17 · Updated 2025-04-11 · CVE-2017-16869

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions UPX version 3.94

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in invalid memory access and application crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a crafted Mach-O file. This is related to the canPack and unpack functions. The vendor has stated that there is no security implication.

Recommendations For UPX version 3.94, consider avoiding the use of crafted Mach-O files to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the canPack and unpack functions until further guidance is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-1210

ALT-PU-2020-2930

CVE-2017-16869

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11486-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Upx

References · 66

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27787 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2019-1210 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27790 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20053 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11486-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15056 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16869 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-24119 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27799 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20021 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20805 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27801 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-30501 · Security Note