CVE-2017-2784 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published High CVE-2017-2784

An exploitable free of a stack pointer vulnerability exists in...

Vulnerability Description

An exploitable free of a stack pointer vulnerability exists in the x509 certificate parsing code of ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.19, 2.x before 2.1.7, and 2.4.x before 2.4.2. A specially crafted x509 certificate, when parsed by mbed TLS library, can cause an invalid free of a stack pointer leading to a potential remote code execution. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker can act as either a client or a server on a network to deliver malicious x509 certificates to vulnerable applications.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2017-2784

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from ARM

View All →
CVE-2021-27435
ARM mbed Integer Overflow or Wraparound
High 7.3
CVE-2021-27433
ARM mbed-ualloc memory library Integer Overflow or Wraparound
High 7.3
CVE-2021-27431
ARM CMSIS RTOS2 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
High 7.3

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mbed TLS
Vulnerable Versions:
2.4.0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 20th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.