CVE-2017-15220

Published: Oct 11, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected (1)

Products: Flexense: Vx Search

Flexense

1 product

Vx Search

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Flexense Vx Search	Version 10.1.12

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (2)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42973/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42973/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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