CVE-2017-20161
rofl0r MacGeiger ESSID macgeiger.c dump_wlan_at injection
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Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in rofl0r MacGeiger. Affected is the function dump_wlan_at of the file macgeiger.c of the component ESSID Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The name of the patch is 57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217188.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 56% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
rofl0r · MacGeiger
- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://vuldb.com/?id.217188 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217188 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/rofl0r/MacGeiger/commit/57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
Sources
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Record last updated .