CVE-2017-6416

CRITICAL

Flexense Sysgauge - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in SysGauge 1.5.18. A buffer overflow vulnerability in SMTP connection verification leads to arbitrary code execution. The attack vector is a crafted SMTP daemon that sends a long 220 (aka "Service ready") string.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Peter Baris · pythonremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41479
metasploit WORKING POC NORMAL
by Chris Higgins, Peter Baris · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/smtp/sysgauge_client_bof.rb

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.6464
EPSS Percentile 98.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
flexense/sysgauge 1.5.18
Published Mar 06, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026