CVE-2017-8829

7.8 highEPSS 1.5%

High (7.8) in debian lintian. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Deserialization vulnerability in lintian through 2.5.50.3 allows attackers to trigger code execution by requesting a review of a source package with a crafted YAML file.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-502
Published: 2017-05-08
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:lintian

References

https://bugs.debian.org/861958
https://bugs.debian.org/861958

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