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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-18047

Buffer Overflow in the FTP client in LabF nfsAxe 3.7 allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long reply.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 19.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer Overflow in the FTP client in LabF nfsAxe 3.7 allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long reply.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
19.73% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
labf/nfsaxe
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%10%20%21 September 2026: 15.93%22 September 2026: 19.73%27 October 2026: 19.73%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 15.9% on 21 September 2026 to 19.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

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