Bug 1500236 (CVE-2017-14731)

Summary: CVE-2017-14731 libofx: Heap-based buffer over-read in the ofx_proc_file function
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-10 09:09:07 UTC
ofx_proc_file in ofx_preproc.cpp in LibOFX 0.9.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by an ofxdump call.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/libofx/libofx/issues/10

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-10-10 09:09:40 UTC
Created libofx tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1492202]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1492203]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:27:39 UTC
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.