CVE-2017-16902

HIGH

Vonage VDV-23 115 <3.2.11-0.9.40 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-16902. PoCs published by Nu11By73.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Vonage home phone router's login mechanism, causing a denial of service (DoS) by crashing and rebooting the device. The PoC sends an overly long password parameter to trigger the overflow.

Description

On the Vonage VDV-23 115 3.2.11-0.9.40 home router, sending a long string of characters in the loginPassword and/or loginUsername field to goform/login causes the router to reboot.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Nu11By73 · pythondoshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43164

This exploit demonstrates a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Vonage home phone router's login mechanism, causing a denial of service (DoS) by crashing and rebooting the device. The PoC sends an overly long password parameter to trigger the overflow.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Vonage VDV-23 router (Hardware Version: 115, Software Version: 3.2.11-0.9.40)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the router's login page · Router must be on the default or known IP address (e.g., 192.168.15.1)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://gh0s7.net/vonage2
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43164/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0800
EPSS Percentile 94.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
vonage/vdv-23_firmware 3.2.11-0.9.40
Published Nov 20, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026