CVE-2017-2784 | BDVDB-2026-84439 Detail

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An exploitable free of a stack pointer vulnerability exists in the x509 certificate parsing code of ARM mbed TLS before 1.3.19, 2.x before 2.1.7, and 2.4.x before 2.4.2. A specially crafted x509 certificate, when parsed by mbed TLS library, can cause an invalid free of a stack pointer leading to a potential remote code execution. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker can act as either a client or a server on a network to deliver malicious x509 certificates to vulnerable applications.

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1. Version 12017-04-20Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.