Buffer overflow in National Instruments Labview 2016
CVE-2017-2779
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the RSRC segment parsing functionality of LabVIEW 2017, LabVIEW 2016, LabVIEW 2015, and LabVIEW 2014. A specially crafted Virtual Instrument (VI) file can cause an attacker controlled looping condition resulting in an arbitrary null write. An attacker controlled VI file can be used to trigger this vulnerability and can potentially result in code execution.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (81.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- National Instruments Labview 2016 — versions 16.0
- Ni Labview — versions 2014, 2015, 2016
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100519 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- 0patch.blogspot.com/2017/09/0patching-rsrc-arbitrary-null-write.html (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0273 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ni.com/product-documentation/54099/en/ (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-2779?
- CVE-2017-2779 is a high-severity vulnerability in National Instruments Labview 2016, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-09-05.
- How severe is CVE-2017-2779?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-2779 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.