CVE-2018-16717

moderate-risk
Published 2019-05-02

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.46% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Nih

References (2)

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16717.md
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16717.md
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal