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CVE-2017-2869

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2869 is a critical code execution vulnerability affecting Natus Xltek NeuroWorks 8, specifically within its OpenProducer functionality. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution by sending a specially crafted network packet that triggers a stack buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high FAUCET Risk Score indicates significant potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:natus:xltek_neuroworks:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0271 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0375
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104490
Broken Link