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.

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

EPSS: 0.014 (70.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weka Interest Security Scanner — versions 1.0, 1.3, 1.6
Weka Interest_security_scanner

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cna@vuldb.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cna@vuldb.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cna@vuldb.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.