What is CVE-2017-5238?

CVE-2017-5238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eview Ev-07s Gps Tracker, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-5238?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Eview Ev-07s Gps Tracker

CVE-2017-5238

Due to a lack of bounds checking, several input configuration fields for the Eview EV-07S GPS Tracker will overflow data stored in one variable to another, overwriting the data of another field.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-03-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2017/03/27/r7-2015-28-multiple-evie… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97194 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5238?: CVE-2017-5238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eview Ev-07s Gps Tracker, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-5238?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.