Out-of-bounds read in Xltek NeuroWorks - CVE-2017-2858
Published: June 1, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37090
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2858
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Natus Medical Inc.
Affected software:
Xltek NeuroWorks
Xltek NeuroWorks
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the traversal of lists functionality of Natus Xltek NeuroWorks 8. A specially crafted network packet can cause an out-of-bounds read, resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can send a malicious packet to trigger this vulnerability.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2858
Install update from vendor's website.