CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2017-12369 — Cisco Webex Meetings security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.6

A "Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player Out-of-Bounds Vulnerability" exists in Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format (ARF) and WebEx Recording Format (WRF) files. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a user with a malicious ARF or WRF file via email or URL and convincing the user to launch the file. Exploitation of this could cause an affected player to crash and, in some cases, could allow arbitrary code execution on the system of a targeted user. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve30208, CSCve30214, CSCve30268.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.6 (3.0)
Published
2017-11-30
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-125

Affected products

  • cisco / webex_meetings / t29
  • cisco / webex_meetings / t30
  • cisco / webex_meetings / t31
  • cisco / webex_meetings / t32

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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