High severity · published May 3, 2017
CVE-2017-5240
Editions of Rapid7 AppSpider Pro prior to version 6.14.060 contain a heap-based buffer overflow in the FLAnalyzer.exe component
7.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Editions of Rapid7 AppSpider Pro prior to version 6.14.060 contain a heap-based buffer overflow in the FLAnalyzer.exe component. A malicious or malformed Flash source file can cause a denial of service condition when parsed by this component, causing the application to crash.
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)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
Appspider Pro · Rapid7
through 6.14.059 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5240
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5240
Release Notes
https://community.rapid7.com/docs/DOC-3631
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