What is CVE-2017-5240?

CVE-2017-5240 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Appspider Pro, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-5240?

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

Buffer overflow in Rapid7 Appspider Pro

CVE-2017-5240

Editions of Rapid7 AppSpider Pro prior to version 6.14.060 contain a heap-based buffer overflow in the FLAnalyzer.exe component. A malicious or malformed Flash source file can cause a denial of service condition when parsed by this component, causing the application to crash.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (60.1th 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

Rapid7 Appspider Pro — versions All version prior to 6.14.060
Rapid7 Appspider_pro

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@rapid7.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5240?: CVE-2017-5240 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Appspider Pro, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-5240?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.