What is CVE-2017-9481?

CVE-2017-9481 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Dpc3939. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-9481?

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

Vulnerability in Cisco Dpc3939

CVE-2017-9481

The Comcast firmware on Cisco DPC3939 (firmware version dpc3939-P20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-CMCST) devices allows remote attackers to obtain unintended access to the Network Processor (NP) 169.254/16 IP network by adding a routing-table entry that specifies the LAN IP address as the router for that network.

EPSS: 0.012 (64.2th 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:H/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Dpc3939
Cisco Dpc3939_firmware — versions dpc3939-p20-18-v303r20421746-170221a-cmcst
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9481?: CVE-2017-9481 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Dpc3939. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-9481?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.