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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-17408

Stack-based buffer overflows in Zahir Accounting Enterprise Plus 6 through build 10b allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CSV file that is accessed through the Import CSV File menu.

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓HIGH 7.8EPSS 19.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflows in Zahir Accounting Enterprise Plus 6 through build 10b allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CSV file that is accessed through the Import CSV File menu.

CVSS 3.0
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
18.97% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 1 October 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
zahiraccounting/zahir enterprise plus
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%15%30%21 September 2026: 26.20%22 September 2026: 18.97%27 October 2026: 18.97%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 26.2% on 21 September 2026 to 19.0% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-45560source ↗Zahir Enterprise Plus 6 - Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)windows · Metasploitlocal8 October 2018yes
EDB-45505source ↗Zahir Enterprise Plus 6 build 10b - Buffer Overflow (SEH)windows_x86 · SPARClocal1 October 2018no

References

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