CVE-2017-12785

critical

Published 2017-08-22 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

10.0

VIR risk

9.8

Description

The novish command-line interface, included in the NoviWare software distribution through NW400.2.6 and deployed on NoviSwitch devices, is prone to a buffer overflow in the "show log cli" command. This could be used by a read-only user (monitor role) to gain privileged (root) code execution on the switch via command injection.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
noviflow	noviware	`{"endIncluding":"400.2.6"}`

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42518/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42518/

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.