What is CVE-2017-16902?

CVE-2017-16902 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vonage Vdv-23, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-16902?

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

Buffer overflow in Vonage Vdv-23

CVE-2017-16902

On the Vonage VDV-23 115 3.2.11-0.9.40 home router, sending a long string of characters in the loginPassword and/or loginUsername field to goform/login causes the router to reboot.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.080 (94.2th 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

Vonage Vdv-23
Vonage Vdv-23_firmware — versions 3.2.11-0.9.40
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 (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16902?: CVE-2017-16902 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vonage Vdv-23, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-16902?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.