Security advisory

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  "id": "15077c10e842232d538c32a8b0400ba3e2d62f9c45cecf3d031c24b347a72a1f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000249",
  "method": "structured",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-1000249",
    "summary": "An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-1000249",
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    "severity": "medium",
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      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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                    "range": [
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          "versions": [
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            "FILE5_29"
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          "database_specific": {
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                "source": "https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793",
                "target": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:14:03.089270636Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02",
        "https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793",
        "https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d"
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        "value": "CVE-2017-1000249",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387352,
  "published_at": "2017-09-11T19:29:00.2+00:00"
}