What is CVE-2017-6953?

CVE-2017-6953 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gemalto Smartdiag Diagnosis Tool, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-6953?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-6953 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Gemalto Smartdiag Diagnosis Tool

CVE-2017-6953

Gemalto SmartDiag Diagnosis Tool v2.5 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow with SEH Overwrite via long "Register a new card" input fields. There may be a risk of local code execution with untrusted input to SmartDiag.exe or SymDiag.exe.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (66.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gemalto Smartdiag_diagnosis_tool
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6953?: CVE-2017-6953 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gemalto Smartdiag Diagnosis Tool, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-6953?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-6953 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.