What is CVE-2017-17840?

CVE-2017-17840 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-iscsi_project Open-iscsi, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-17840?

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

Buffer overflow in Open-iscsi_project Open-iscsi

CVE-2017-17840

An issue was discovered in Open-iSCSI through 2.0.875. A local attacker can cause the iscsiuio server to abort or potentially execute code by sending messages with incorrect lengths, which (due to lack of checking) can lead to buffer overf…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (36.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Open-iscsi_project Open-iscsi
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 (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17840?: CVE-2017-17840 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-iscsi_project Open-iscsi, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-17840?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.