CVE-2017-2823 describes a use-after-free vulnerability within the .ISO parsing functionality of PowerISO 6.8. This flaw allows a specially crafted .ISO file to trigger a condition that could lead to arbitrary code execution on an affected system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) to open the malicious file, but once triggered, it can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:poweriso:poweriso:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.