{"id":"CVE-2019-17424","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-17424","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T02:38:12.642Z","title":"A stack-based buffer overflow in the processPrivilage() function in IOS/process-general.c in nipper-ng 0.11.10 allows remote attackers (serving firewall configuration files) to achieve Remote Code Execution or Denial Of Service via a crafted file.","description":"A stack-based buffer overflow in the processPrivilage() function in IOS/process-general.c in nipper-ng 0.11.10 allows remote attackers (serving firewall configuration files) to achieve Remote Code Execution or Denial Of Service via a crafted file.","published":"2019-10-22T13:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:23:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["nipper-ng project/nipper-ng"],"epss":{"score":0.13426,"percentile":0.96431,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-11-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":47673,"kind":"exploit","title":"nipper-ng 0.11.10 - Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47673","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/47673.py","file":"exploits/linux/remote/47673.py","published":"2019-11-18","added":"2019-11-18","updated":"2019-11-18","author":"Guy Levin","type":"remote","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-17424"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155378/nipper-ng-0.11.10-Remote-Buffer-Overflow.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blog.vastart.dev/2019/10/stack-overflow-cve-2019-17424.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/archive/p/nipper-ng/source/default/source","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/guywhataguy/CVE-2019-17424","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/va_start","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155378/nipper-ng-0.11.10-Remote-Buffer-Overflow.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.vastart.dev/2019/10/stack-overflow-cve-2019-17424.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/archive/p/nipper-ng/source/default/source","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/guywhataguy/CVE-2019-17424","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/va_start","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17424","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."}