{"id":"CVE-2017-17946","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17946","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:20:18.805Z","title":"A buffer overflow in Handy Password 4.9.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long \"Title name\" field in \"mail box\" data that is mishandled in an \"Open from mail box\" action.","description":"A buffer overflow in Handy Password 4.9.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long \"Title name\" field in \"mail box\" data that is mishandled in an \"Open from mail box\" action.","published":"2018-01-10T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:11:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["novosoft/handy password"],"epss":{"score":0.02762,"percentile":0.86202,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/22","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sidechannel.tempestsi.com/password-manager-flaw-allows-for-arbitrary-command-execution-b6bb273206b1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jan/22","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sidechannel.tempestsi.com/password-manager-flaw-allows-for-arbitrary-command-execution-b6bb273206b1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17946","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}