CVE-2017-17031 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting QNAP QTS versions 4.2.6, 4.3.3, 4.3.4 (Beta 2), and earlier, specifically within the password function. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable QNAP NAS devices. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code like Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.3.3.0378CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.4.0358CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qts:4.3.4.0358:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.4.0370CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qts:4.3.4.0370:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.4.0372CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qts:4.3.4.0372:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.4.0374CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:qnap:qts:4.3.4.0374:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
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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.