THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-17424
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-17424

Nipper Ng vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
13.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Nipper Ng Project
Affected product
Nipper Ng
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-10-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-17424

  • Confirm whether Nipper Ng Project Nipper Ng is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-17424.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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