There is an illegal address access in ast.cpp of LibSass 3.4.5.
Priority LOW 36CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
There is an illegal address access in ast.cpp of LibSass 3.4.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01384 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-11342
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5xp6-6w38-69xg
References
More Libsass vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-09609 There is a stack consumption issue in LibSass 3.4.5 that is triggered in the function… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-08549 There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the lex function in parser.hpp (as used in… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-08379 There is a heap based buffer over-read in lexer.hpp of LibSass 3.4.5. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-07815 In LibSass 3.4.5, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function json_mkstream()… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-09608 There is an illegal address access in Sass::Eval::operator() in eval.cpp of LibSass… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-09607 There are memory leaks in LibSass 3.4.5 triggered by deeply nested code, such as code… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-11342 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-11342 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5xp6-6w38-69xg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-11342 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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