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CVE-2018-17174

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 2.59% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-09-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

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

Detected Signals
arbitrary code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2018-17174
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
2.59%

Original NVD Description

A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the xtimor NMEA library (aka nmealib) 0.5.3. nmea_parse() in parser.c allows an attacker to trigger denial of service (even arbitrary code execution in a certain context) in a product using this library via malformed data.