What is CVE-2017-11669?

CVE-2017-11669 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eapmd5pass Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-11669?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Eapmd5pass Project

CVE-2017-11669

An out-of-bounds read flaw related to the assess_packet function in eapmd5pass.c:211 was found in the way eapmd5pass 1.4 handled processing of network packets. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the eapmd5pass process under certain circumstances by generating specially crafted network traffic.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (66.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Eapmd5pass_project Eapmd5pass — versions 1.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11669?: CVE-2017-11669 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eapmd5pass Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-11669?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.