CVE-2017-7555: augeas: Improper handling of escaped strings leading to memory corruption

Severity: Critical

CVSS Score: 9.8

Augeas versions up to and including 1.8.0 are vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow due to improper handling of escaped strings. Attacker could send crafted strings that would cause the application using augeas to copy past the end of a buffer, leading to a crash or possible code execution.