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CVE-2017-7458

25
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ntop:ntopng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / ntop/ntopng/blob/3.0/CHANGELOG.md
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ntop/ntopng/commit/01f47e04fd7c8d54399c9e465f823f0017069f8f
Issue TrackingPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory