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FKIE_CVE-2017-7908

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-10-02 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:25

Severity

7.6 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the third-party product Gigasoft, v5 and prior, included in GE Communicator 3.15 and prior. A malicious HTML file that loads the ActiveX controls can trigger the vulnerability via unchecked function calls.

References

URL	Tags
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99580	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov	https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-275-02	Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99580	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-275-02	Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	gigasoft	proessentials	*
	ge	ge_communicator	*

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CVE-2017-7908 (GCVE-0-2017-7908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-02 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:12

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-122 - HEAP-BASED BUFFER OVERFLOW CWE-122

Assigner

icscert CNA under the icscert root

CNA scorecard B 75/100 over 352 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-275-02	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99580	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GE	GE Communicator	Affected: Communicator 3.15 and prior.

Date Public

2018-10-02 00:00

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Sightings

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