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Case File

CVE-2018-17161

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.52% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-01-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2018-17161
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.52%

Original Filing — NVD Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r348229), 11.2-RELEASE-p7, 12.0-STABLE(r342228), and 12.0-RELEASE-p1, insufficient validation of network-provided data in bootpd may make it possible for a malicious attacker to craft a bootp packet which could cause a stack buffer overflow. It is possible that the buffer overflow could lead to a Denial of Service or remote code execution.