CVE-2017-20005 (GCVE-0-2017-20005)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-06 21:04 – Updated: 2025-12-05 14:54
VLAI?
Summary
NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that exceed four digits, as demonstrated by a file with a modification date in 1969 that causes an integer overflow (or a false modification date far in the future), when encountered by the autoindex module.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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