{"id":"CVE-2017-6416","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6416","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:57:25.843Z","title":"A buffer overflow vulnerability in SMTP connection verification leads to arbitrary code execution.","description":"An issue was discovered in SysGauge 1.5.18. A buffer overflow vulnerability in SMTP connection verification leads to arbitrary code execution. The attack vector is a crafted SMTP daemon that sends a long 220 (aka \"Service ready\") string.","published":"2017-03-06T02:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:22:19.000Z","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":["flexense/sysgauge"],"epss":{"score":0.1077,"percentile":0.9581,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.09531,"percentile":0.95291},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.10857,"percentile":0.95657}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.10857,"from":0.09531,"percentile":0.95657},"summary":"EPSS moved from 9.5% to 10.9% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96568","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41479/","tags":["Exploit","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96568","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41479/","tags":["Exploit","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6416","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."}