CVE-2017-7458 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ntopng versions prior to 3.0. A remote attacker can exploit a NULL pointer dereference in the NetworkInterface::getHost function by providing an empty hostname or IP address field, causing the application to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntop:ntopng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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