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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-9779

OCaml compiler allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, a similar issue to CVE-2017-9772 "but with much less impact."

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1 Nov 2026, 07:41 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-9779

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Sept 2017, 14:29 UTC

OCaml compiler allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, a similar issue to CVE-2017-9772 "but with much less impact."

osv:CVE-2017-9779
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9779",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-9779",
    "summary": "OCaml compiler allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, a similar issue to CVE-2017-9772 \"but with much less impact.\"",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-9779",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
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              ],
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                    "range": [
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                      {
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                      }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:56.868188789Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/2017-06/msg00094.html",
        "https://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=7557"
      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438744,
  "published_at": "2017-09-07T14:29:00.337+00:00"
}