Use of Externally-Controlled Format String in wire-avs

Description

Impact

A remote format string vulnerability allowed an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Patches

  • The issue has been fixed in wire-avs 7.1.12 and is already included on all Wire products (currently used version is 8.0.x)

Workarounds

  • No workaround known

References

  • Fixed in commit https://github.com/wireapp/wire-avs/commit/40d373ede795443ae6f2f756e9fb1f4f4ae90bbe

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Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
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Published (advisory)
2022-03-01 18:58:23 UTC
Updated
2023-02-03 05:06:41 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2022-03-01 18:58:23 UTC
NVD published
2022-03-01

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
1.14% 77.83%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
9.8 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
maven com.wire:avs < 7.1.12 7.1.12

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence