CVE-2017-15048
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ZoomLauncher binary in the Zoom client for Linux before 2.0.115900.1201 allows remote attackers to…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 10.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ZoomLauncher binary in the Zoom client for Linux before 2.0.115900.1201 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the zoommtg:// scheme handler.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Zoom Linux Client 2.0.106600.0904 - Stack-Based Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43355dos, linuxpublished 18 Dec 2017Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 43355 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.2% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145452/Zoom-Linux-Client-2.0.106600.0904-Buffer-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/convisoappsec/advisories/blob/master/2017/CONVISO-17-002.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20171215 [CONVISO-17-002] - Zoom Linux Client Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 43355 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-6523 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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