# CVE-2017-7869: GnuTLS before 2017-02-20 has an out-of-bounds write caused by an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow related to the cdk\_pkt\_read

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-04-14 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

GnuTLS before 2017-02-20 has an out-of-bounds write caused by an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow related to the cdk_pkt_read function in opencdk/read-packet.c. This issue (which is a subset of the vendor's GNUTLS-SA-2017-3 report) is fixed in 3.5.10.

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## References

- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=420
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/51464af713d71802e3c6d5ac15f1a95132a354fe
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292
- https://www.gnutls.org/security.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97040

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