7.5high
CVE-2017-6658
Cisco Sourcefire Snort 3.0 before build 233 has a Buffer Overread related to use of a decoder array.
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.1%
percentile 65%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Cisco Sourcefire Snort 3.0 before build 233 has a Buffer Overread related to use of a decoder array. The size was off by one making it possible to read past the end of the array with an ether type of 0xFFFF. Increasing the array size solves this problem.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.06% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- n/a Snort 3.0 All versions prior to build 233.
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
- securitytracker.com /id/1038483 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- blog.snort.org /2017/05/snort-vulnerabilities-found.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170515-snort · Vendor Advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-6658
- NVD: CVE-2017-6658
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