Security advisory

{
  "id": "62ecb9606389649962bb18761f80bc275b1de284b95ee023ca0d9d2f499bb1c1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12588",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-12588",
    "summary": "The zmq3 input and output modules in rsyslog before 8.28.0 interpreted description fields as format strings, possibly allowing a format string attack with unspecified impact.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-12588",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-12588",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-12588"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "063f4701e36dbc2ae5ee2dfe980319f28a00c464"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "062d0c671a29f7c6f7dff4a2f1f35df375bbb30b"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "8.27.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "062d0c671a29f7c6f7dff4a2f1f35df375bbb30b"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v8.25.0",
            "v8.27.0",
            "v8.26.0",
            "v8.24.0",
            "v8.23.0",
            "v8.22.0",
            "v8.21.0",
            "v8.20.0",
            "v8.19.0",
            "v8.18.0",
            "v8.13.0",
            "v8.12.0",
            "v8.10.0",
            "v8.9.0",
            "v8.4.2",
            "v8.4.1",
            "v8.4.0",
            "v8.3.5",
            "v8.3.4",
            "v8.3.3",
            "v8.3.2",
            "v8.3.1",
            "v8.3.0",
            "v8.1.6",
            "v7.5.3",
            "v7.5.2",
            "v7.5.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12588.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:59.533456174Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/master/ChangeLog",
        "https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/062d0c671a29f7c6f7dff4a2f1f35df375bbb30b",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0009/",
        "https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/1565"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-12588",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379907,
  "published_at": "2017-08-06T14:29:00.227+00:00"
}