What is CVE-2017-11674?

CVE-2017-11674 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acunetix Web_vulnerability_scanner, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-11674?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Acunetix Web_vulnerability_scanner

CVE-2017-11674

Reporter.exe in Acunetix 8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed PRE file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at reporter!madTraceProcess."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (65.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Acunetix Web_vulnerability_scanner — versions 8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11674?: CVE-2017-11674 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acunetix Web_vulnerability_scanner, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-11674?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.