CVE-2017-17701 describes a critical NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the K7Sentry.sys driver (version 15.1.0.59) within K7 Antivirus 15.1.0309, which can be triggered via a specific DeviceIoControl request (0x950025c8). This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating it is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.1.0309CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:antivirus:15.1.0309:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.