CVE-2017-20016 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner up to version 1.8, specifically within its Portscan component. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service through unspecified input manipulation. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required, leading to high availability impact. While public exploit details exist, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is it listed in the KEV catalog, and it receives minimal community attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:weka:interest_security_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.