What is CVE-2017-7935?

CVE-2017-7935 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phoenix Contact Gmbh Mguard, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-7935?

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

Resource exhaustion in Phoenix Contact Gmbh Mguard

CVE-2017-7935

A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2. An attacker may compromise the device's availability by performing multiple initial VPN requests.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.5th 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

Phoenix_contact_gmbh Mguard
Phoenix_contact_gmbh Mguard_firmware — versions 8.3.0, 8.3.1, 8.3.2
N/a Phoenix Contact Gmbh Mguard — versions Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7935?: CVE-2017-7935 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phoenix Contact Gmbh Mguard, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-7935?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.