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CVE-2017-6416

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An issue was discovered in SysGauge 1.5.18. A buffer overflow vulnerability in SMTP connection verification leads to arbitrary code execution. The attack vector is a crafted SMTP daemon that sends a long 220 (aka "Service ready") string.

Affected products

• SysGauge: 1.5.18

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96568
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41479/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96568
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41479/

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