Buffer overflow in Lenovo Bm Nextscale Fan Power Controller
CVE-2017-17833
OpenSLP releases in the 1.0.2 and 1.1.0 code streams have a heap-related memory corruption issue which may manifest itself as a denial-of-service or a remote code-execution vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- usn.ubuntu.com/3708-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- sourceforge.net/p/openslp/mercurial/ci/151f07745901cbdba6e00e4889561b4083250da1/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00029.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-18247 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2308 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2240 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-12 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-17833?
- CVE-2017-17833 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Bm Nextscale Fan Power Controller, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-23.
- How severe is CVE-2017-17833?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.