CVE-2017-20016: WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner Portscan memory allocation

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-789

Description

A vulnerability has been found in WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner up to 1.8 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Portscan. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to denial of service. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Affected products

WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner: through 1.8

References

http://www.computec.ch/news.php?item.117
https://vuldb.com/?id.101969
https://vuldb.com/?id.101974
http://www.computec.ch/news.php?item.117
https://vuldb.com/?id.101969
https://vuldb.com/?id.101974

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