CVE-2017-3853 is a critical stack overflow vulnerability in the Cisco IOx Data-in-Motion (DMo) process, affecting Cisco IR809 and IR829 Industrial Integrated Services Routers running IOx Releases 1.0.0.0 and 1.1.0.0. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending crafted packets, leading to remote code execution with root privileges within the virtual instance. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the virtual instance. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its significant risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1\(0\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:iox:1.1\(0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:iox:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.