An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the SavePatientMontage functionality of Natus Xltek NeuroWorks 8.

published 2018-04-05 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-12008

cvss: 9.0; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.2%; EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits: 0; none known

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the SavePatientMontage functionality of Natus Xltek NeuroWorks 8. A specially crafted network packet can cause a stack buffer overflow resulting in code execution. An attacker can a malicious packet to trigger this vulnerability.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSMA-18-165-01 updated 2018-06-14 cvss 9.0

Natus Xltek NeuroWorks

Natus Medical, Inc. (Natus) Natus Xltek NeuroWorks 8
affected: vendor fix

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	9.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Natus Medical Incorporated Natus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

securityfocus.com /bid/104490
vdb-entry, broken-link
talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0373
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-2867
NVD CVE-2017-2867

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Summary