What is CVE-2017-12785?

CVE-2017-12785 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Noviflow Noviware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-12785?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Noviflow Noviware

CVE-2017-12785

The novish command-line interface, included in the NoviWare software distribution through NW400.2.6 and deployed on NoviSwitch devices, is prone to a buffer overflow in the "show log cli" command. This could be used by a read-only user (monitor role) to gain privileged (root) code execution on the switch via command injection.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-08-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.160 (96.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.168 · newest: 0.160 · change: -0.008

Affected products

Noviflow Noviware

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42518/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12785?: CVE-2017-12785 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Noviflow Noviware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-12785?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.