CVE-2017-5240: rapid7 appspider_pro

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-5240 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in rapid7 appspider_pro. EPSS estimates a 1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 03-05-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Editions of Rapid7 AppSpider Pro prior to version 6.14.060 contain a heap-based buffer overflow in the FLAnalyzer.exe component. A malicious or malformed Flash source file can cause a denial of service condition when parsed by this component, causing the application to crash.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.