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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-17996

A buffer overflow vulnerability in "Add command" functionality exists in Flexense SyncBreeze Enterprise <= 10.3.14.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 5.08%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in "Add command" functionality exists in Flexense SyncBreeze Enterprise <= 10.3.14. The vulnerability can be triggered by an authenticated attacker who submits more than 5000 characters as the command name. It will cause termination of the SyncBreeze Enterprise server and possibly remote command execution with SYSTEM privilege.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
5.08% probability · 92th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
flexense/syncbreeze
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%27 October 2026: 5.08%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 5.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.