Resource exhaustion in Weka Interest Security Scanner
CVE-2017-20016
A vulnerability has been found in WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner up to 1.8 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Portscan. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to denial of service. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (72.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Weka Interest Security Scanner — versions 1.0, 1.3, 1.6
- Weka Interest Security Scanner
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.computec.ch/news.php (Third Party Advisory)
- vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-20016?
- CVE-2017-20016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Weka Interest Security Scanner, classified under CWE-789. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-03-28.
- How severe is CVE-2017-20016?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.