What is CVE-2017-17901?

CVE-2017-17901 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zyxel P-660hw, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-12-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-17901?

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

Resource exhaustion in Zyxel P-660hw

CVE-2017-17901

ZyXEL P-660HW v3 devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of IP packets with a TTL of 1.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (66.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Zyxel P-660hw — versions v3
Zyxel P-660hw_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17901?: CVE-2017-17901 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zyxel P-660hw, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-12-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-17901?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.