{"id":"CVE-2017-2779","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-2779","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:19:19.979Z","title":"An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the RSRC segment parsing functionality of LabVIEW 2017, LabVIEW 2016, LabVIEW 2015, and LabVIEW 2014.","description":"An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the RSRC segment parsing functionality of LabVIEW 2017, LabVIEW 2016, LabVIEW 2015, and LabVIEW 2014. A specially crafted Virtual Instrument (VI) file can cause an attacker controlled looping condition resulting in an arbitrary null write. An attacker controlled VI file can be used to trigger this vulnerability and can potentially result in code execution.","published":"2017-09-05T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:16:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"talos-cna@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["ni/labview"],"epss":{"score":0.02168,"percentile":0.82169,"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 (2.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.ni.com/product-documentation/54099/en/","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100519","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/09/0patching-rsrc-arbitrary-null-write.html","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0273","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.ni.com/product-documentation/54099/en/","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100519","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/09/0patching-rsrc-arbitrary-null-write.html","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0273","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2779","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."}