CVE-2017-2808 — An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing compon

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted ledger file can cause a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can convince a user to load a journal file to t

01What is this vulnerability?

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the account parsing component of the Ledger-CLI 3.1.1. A specially crafted ledger file can cause a use-after-free vulnerability resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can convince a user to load a journal file to trigger this vulnerability.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-09-05T18:29:00.447
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100546
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05
• www.talosintelligence.com — https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0304
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00031.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00029.html
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100546
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-05
• www.talosintelligence.com — https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0304