CVE-2019-17424 — A stack-based buffer overflow in the processPrivilage() function in IOS/process-

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

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: 2019-10-22T11:54:22.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:40:15.900Z

09References

• twitter.com — https://twitter.com/va_start
• code.google.com — https://code.google.com/archive/p/nipper-ng/source/default/source
• blog.vastart.dev — https://blog.vastart.dev/2019/10/stack-overflow-cve-2019-17424.html
• github.com — https://github.com/guywhataguy/CVE-2019-17424
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155378/nipper-ng-0.11.10-Remote-Buffer-Over…