PT-2017-15541 · Antenna House+1 · Dmc Htmlfilter+1

Published 2017-05-23 · Updated 2022-04-19 · CVE-2017-2794

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MarkLogic versions 8.0-6

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the DHFSummary functionality of AntennaHouse DMC HTMLFilter as used by MarkLogic. This can be triggered by a specially crafted PPT file, leading to stack corruption and potentially allowing arbitrary code execution. An attacker can exploit this by sending or providing a malicious PPT file.

Recommendations For MarkLogic versions 8.0-6, consider disabling the DHFSummary functionality until a patch is available to prevent exploitation through malicious PPT files.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-2794

Affected Products

Dmc Htmlfilter

Marklogic

References · 3

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0286 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2794 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2794 · Security Note