Critical severity · published May 2, 2019
CVE-2018-16717
A heap-based buffer overflow exists in nph-viewgif.cgi in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox
9.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow exists in nph-viewgif.cgi in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NT
Ncbi Toolbox · Nih
2.0.7 through 2.2.26 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16717
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16717
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16717.md
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