CVE-2017-11757 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Actian Pervasive PSQL v12.10 and Zen v13. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending crafted traffic to TCP port 1583, leveraging an integer underflow that leads to a zero-byte allocation after the server-client encryption-key exchange. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no user interaction or authentication, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no known active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:actian:pervasive_psql:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:actian:zen:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.