What is CVE-2017-17683?

CVE-2017-17683 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pandasecurity Panda Global Protection, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2017-17683?

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

Buffer overflow in Pandasecurity Panda Global Protection

CVE-2017-17683

Panda Global Protection 17.0.1 allows a system crash via a 0xb3702c44 \\.\PSMEMDriver DeviceIoControl request.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-12-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pandasecurity Panda Global Protection — versions 17.0.1

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/Panda-Antivirus/Panda_Security… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17683?: CVE-2017-17683 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pandasecurity Panda Global Protection, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2017-17683?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.