What is CVE-2017-12818?

CVE-2017-12818 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gemalto Gemalto's Hasp Srm, Sentinel And Ldk Products Prior To Rte, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-12818?

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

Buffer overflow in Gemalto Gemalto's Hasp Srm, Sentinel And Ldk Products Prior To Rte

CVE-2017-12818

Stack overflow in custom XML-parser in Gemalto's HASP SRM, Sentinel HASP and Sentinel LDK products prior to Sentinel LDK RTE version 7.55 leads to remote denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-10-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gemalto Gemalto's Hasp Srm, Sentinel And Ldk Products Prior To Rte — versions 7.55
Sentinel Ldk Rte Firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-093-01
ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/klcert-advisories/2017/10/02/klcert-17-004-se… (Third Party Advisory)
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-727467.pdf
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102906 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12818?: CVE-2017-12818 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gemalto Gemalto's Hasp Srm, Sentinel And Ldk Products Prior To Rte, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-12818?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.