CVE-2017-20229 identifies a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-787) in MAWK 1.3.3-17 and prior versions, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability, rated 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), can be exploited remotely without authentication by crafting malicious input, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV or Hot List), nor are public exploit tools like Metasploit or ExploitDB modules available. Community discussion around this CVE is minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.3-17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:mawk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.