CVE-2017-18594

HIGH

Nmap 7.70 - Denial of Service via SSH Connection Failure Double Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

nse_libssh2.cc in Nmap 7.70 is subject to a denial of service condition due to a double free when an SSH connection fails, as demonstrated by a leading \n character to ssh-brute.nse or ssh-auth-methods.nse.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2018/q2/45
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1227
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1077
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://seclists.org/nmap-announce/2019/0

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0316
EPSS Percentile 86.3%
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-415
Status published
Products (1)
nmap/nmap 7.70
Published Aug 29, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026