Is CVE-2017-20161 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-20161 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-20161?

CVE-2017-20161 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-20161?

CVE-2017-20161 has an EPSS score of 0.50% (39th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-20161?

Upgrade macgeiger to 2017-12-02 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-20161

MEDIUM

4.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in rofl0r MacGeiger. Affected is the function dump_wlan_at of the file macgeiger.c of the component ESSID Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The name of the patch is 57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217188.

CWE-74Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

macgeigerNVD

Affected:< 2017-12-02Fixed in:2017-12-02CVE-2017-20161derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

39thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 39% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.