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CVE-2019-17424 in the critical feed json

A stack-based buffer overflow in the processPrivilage() function in IOS/process-general.c in nipper-ng 0.11.10 allows remote attackers (ser…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-7818

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.4%
EPSS 13.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow in the processPrivilage() function in IOS/process-general.c in nipper-ng 0.11.10 allows remote attackers (serving firewall configuration files) to achieve Remote Code Execution or Denial Of Service via a crafted file.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-47673)

Exploit prediction

13.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-47673 nipper-ng 0.11.10 - Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) remote, 2019-11-18
  • blog.vastart.dev https://blog.vastart.dev/2019/10/stack-overflow-cve-2019-17424.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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