CVE-2017-8893

HIGH

AeroAdmin 4.1 - Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-8893. PoCs published by X-C3LL.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a heap-based buffer overflow in AeroAdmin 4.1 by sending a maliciously crafted packet with a manipulated size value (0x1337) to trigger a crash via a `rep movsb` operation. The code demonstrates the vulnerability by connecting to the target and sending the exploit packet.

Description

AeroAdmin 4.1 uses a function to copy data between two pointers where the size of the data copied is taken directly from a network packet. This can cause a buffer overflow and denial of service.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 11 stars
by X-C3LL · pythonpoc
https://github.com/X-C3LL/PoC-CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2017-8893

This PoC exploits a heap-based buffer overflow in AeroAdmin 4.1 by sending a maliciously crafted packet with a manipulated size value (0x1337) to trigger a crash via a `rep movsb` operation. The code demonstrates the vulnerability by connecting to the target and sending the exploit packet.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: AeroAdmin 4.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: network access to target · AeroAdmin service running on port 5950
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tarlogic.com/advisories/Tarlogic-2017-001.txt

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0108
EPSS Percentile 60.8%
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)
aeroadmin/aeroadmin 4.1
Published Jul 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026