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CVE-2017-20161 json

rofl0r MacGeiger ESSID macgeiger.c dump_wlan_at injection

published 2023-01-02 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11162

cvss
4.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in rofl0r MacGeiger. Affected is the function dump_wlan_at of the file macgeiger.c of the component ESSID Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The name of the patch is 57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217188.

Patch / fix

  • macgeiger_project macgeiger 2017-12-02

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.0 4.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 4.3 AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • rofl0r MacGeiger

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

Sources

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