What is CVE-2017-17113?

CVE-2017-17113 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ikarussecurity Anti.virus, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-12-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-17113?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Ikarussecurity Anti.virus

CVE-2017-17113

ntguard_x64.sys 0.18780.0.0 in IKARUS anti.virus 2.16.15 has a NULL pointer dereference via a 0x830000c4 DeviceIoControl request.

Published 2017-12-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ikarussecurity Anti.virus — versions 2.16.15

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/k0keoyo/Driver-Loaded-PoC/tree/master/IKARUS-Antivirus/Null_Pointer_… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17113?: CVE-2017-17113 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ikarussecurity Anti.virus, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-17113?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.