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Plain-English summary
CVE-2017-11555 is a LibSass 3.4.5 flaw where specially crafted input can crash processing, causing remote denial of service. The supplied sources do not provide a CVSS score, named patch, or confirmed exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted availability risk. Prioritize externally reachable or customer-controlled Sass processing first; internal build-only use is lower urgency unless it affects release availability.
Technical view
The record describes illegal address access in Eval::operator in eval.cpp in LibSass 3.4.5. Impact is availability loss from crafted input. No CWE, CPE, fixed version, or exploit evidence is provided in the supplied bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where LibSass 3.4.5 processes untrusted Sass or SCSS input in a service, build system, or user-facing workflow. The CVE record does not enumerate CPEs or downstream products.
Exploitation context
The bundle supports crafted-input remote denial of service only. It does not support code execution, data theft, privilege escalation, or active exploitation. CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided data.
Researcher notes
The public record is sparse: affected version 3.4.5, function location, and denial-of-service impact are stated, but scoring, fixed versions, and exploitation status are absent. Do not expand impact without additional vendor evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory systems and dependencies for LibSass 3.4.5 usage.
- Check LibSass and distribution advisories for fixed package guidance.
- Avoid processing untrusted Sass or SCSS input with vulnerable components.
- Isolate compilation workers and apply resource limits where exposure remains.
- Monitor vendor and Red Hat Bugzilla updates for remediation status.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether LibSass 3.4.5 is present in source and package inventories.
- Identify any public or unauthenticated workflow that compiles Sass input.
- Review crash, worker restart, and availability logs around Sass processing.
- Verify package manager advisories before declaring remediation complete.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1471782CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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