What is CVE-2017-8893?

CVE-2017-8893 is a high-severity vulnerability in Aeroadmin, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-8893?

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

Buffer overflow in Aeroadmin

CVE-2017-8893

AeroAdmin 4.1 uses a function to copy data between two pointers where the size of the data copied is taken directly from a network packet. This can cause a buffer overflow and denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-07-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Aeroadmin — versions 4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.tarlogic.com/advisories/Tarlogic-2017-001.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8893?: CVE-2017-8893 is a high-severity vulnerability in Aeroadmin, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-8893?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.