What is CVE-2017-16927?

CVE-2017-16927 is a high-severity vulnerability in Neutrinolabs Xrdp, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2017-11-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-16927?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Neutrinolabs Xrdp

CVE-2017-16927

The scp_v0s_accept function in sesman/libscp/libscp_v0.c in the session manager in xrdp through 0.9.4 uses an untrusted integer as a write length, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (27.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Neutrinolabs Xrdp
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
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 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16927?: CVE-2017-16927 is a high-severity vulnerability in Neutrinolabs Xrdp, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2017-11-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-16927?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.