What is CVE-2017-16554?

CVE-2017-16554 is a high-severity vulnerability in K7computing Antivirus, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-16554?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-16554 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in K7computing Antivirus

CVE-2017-16554

K7 Antivirus Premium before 15.1.0.53 allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a specific set of IOCTL calls.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (25.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16554?: CVE-2017-16554 is a high-severity vulnerability in K7computing Antivirus, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-16554?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-16554 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.