CVE-2017-20005 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2017-20005

NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that...

Vulnerability Description

NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that exceed four digits, as demonstrated by a file with a modification date in 1969 that causes an integer overflow (or a false modification date far in the future), when encountered by the autoindex module.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

nginx, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 6th, 2021
Last Modified: December 5th, 2025
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.