CVE-2017-6371 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Synchronet BBS 3.16c for Windows, where a remote attacker can crash the service by sending a crafted HTTP Referer header containing an excessively long string. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe impact on availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.16cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:synchro:bbs:3.16c:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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