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CVE-2017-15043

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15043 is a critical vulnerability affecting various Sierra Wireless AirLink routers (GX400, GX440, ES440, LS300, GX450, ES450, RV50, RV50X, MP70, MP70E) running specific firmware versions. It allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges due to insufficient input validation in HTTP requests. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling full system compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sierrawireless:gx440_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sierrawireless:es440_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sierrawireless:ls300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sierrawireless:gx400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sierrawireless:es450_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0424 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

source.sierrawireless.com / resources/airlink/software_reference_docs/technical-bulletin/swi-psa-2018-003-technical-bulletin-reaper
MitigationVendor Advisory