CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-11556

Uncontrolled Recursion

Published: Jul 23, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the Parser::advanceToNextToken function in parser.cpp in LibSass 3.4.5. A crafted input may lead to remote denial of service.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibsassLibsass3.4.5 (including)3.4.5 (including)
LibsassUbuntuartful*
LibsassUbuntubionic*
LibsassUbuntucosmic*
LibsassUbuntudisco*
LibsassUbuntueoan*
LibsassUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
LibsassUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
LibsassUbuntuesm-apps/jammy*
LibsassUbuntuesm-apps/noble*
LibsassUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
LibsassUbuntufocal*
LibsassUbuntugroovy*
LibsassUbuntuhirsute*
LibsassUbuntuimpish*
LibsassUbuntujammy*
LibsassUbuntukinetic*
LibsassUbuntulunar*
LibsassUbuntumantic*
LibsassUbuntunoble*
LibsassUbuntuoracular*
LibsassUbuntuxenial*
LibsassUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References