CVE-2017-17796 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system crash (BSOD) in TG Soft Vir.IT eXplorer Lite by sending invalid input to a specific driver IOCTL.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-17796?
CVE-2017-17796 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In TG Soft Vir.IT eXplorer Lite 8.5.65, the driver file (VIRAGTLT.SYS) allows local users to cause a denial of service (BSOD) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of not validating input values from IOCtl 0x827300A4.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17796?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tgsoft Vir.it Explorer Lite.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17796?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-17796 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17796 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q28q-7j5g-fc6m.