CVE-2017-2861 — An exploitable Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the use of a return val

An exploitable Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the use of a return value in the NewProducerStream command in Natus Xltek NeuroWorks 8. A specially crafted network packet can cause an out of bounds read resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can send a malicious p

01What is this vulnerability?

An exploitable Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the use of a return value in the NewProducerStream command in Natus Xltek NeuroWorks 8. A specially crafted network packet can cause an out of bounds read resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can send a malicious packet to trigger this vulnerability.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Natus Medical Incorporated	Natus	Natus Xltek NeuroWorks 8

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-04-05T19:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T23:00:44.751Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104490
• talosintelligence.com — https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0365