What is CVE-2017-17114?

CVE-2017-17114 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ikarussecurity Anti.virus, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-12-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-17114?

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

Buffer overflow in Ikarussecurity Anti.virus

CVE-2017-17114

ntguard.sys and ntguard_x64.sys 0.18780.0.0 in IKARUS anti.virus 2.16.15 have a Memory Corruption vulnerability via a 0x83000084 DeviceIoControl request.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ikarussecurity Anti.virus — versions 2.16.15

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17114?: CVE-2017-17114 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ikarussecurity Anti.virus, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-17114?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.