CVE-2017-2779 Information

Description

An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the RSRC segment parsing functionality of LabVIEW 2017 LabVIEW 2016 LabVIEW 2015 and LabVIEW 2014. A specially crafted Virtual Instrument (VI) file can cause an attacker controlled looping condition resulting in an arbitrary null write. An attacker controlled VI file can be used to trigger this vulnerability and can potentially result in code execution.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.ni.com/product-documentation/54099/en/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100519 https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/09/0patching-rsrc-arbitrary-null-write.html https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0273

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8