High severity · published Jun 26, 2017
CVE-2017-7458
The NetworkInterface::getHost function in NetworkInterface.cpp in ntopng before 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application…
7.5
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The NetworkInterface::getHost function in NetworkInterface.cpp in ntopng before 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty field that should have contained a hostname or IP address.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NT
Ntopng · Ntop
through 2.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7458
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7458
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/blob/3.0/CHANGELOG.md
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ntop/ntopng/commit/01f47e04fd7c8d54399c9e465f823f0017069f8f
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