CVE-2017-15667

high

Published 2017-12-28 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

In Flexense SysGauge Server 3.6.18, the Control Protocol suffers from a denial of service. The attack vector is a crafted SERVER_GET_INFO packet sent to control port 9221.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-43403 dos windows verified

Ahmad Mahfouz · 2017-12-27

SysGauge Server 3.6.18 - Denial of Service

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
flexense	sysgauge	`3.6.18`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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