When was CVE-2017-18594 disclosed?

CVE-2017-18594 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 29, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2017-18594 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-18594 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 79.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-18594?

CVE-2017-18594 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2017-18594?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-18594, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2017-18594

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—

7.5

nse_libssh2.cc in Nmap 7.70 is subject to a denial of service condition due to a double free when an SSH connection fails, as demonstrated by a leading \n character to ssh-brute.nse or ssh-auth-methods.nse.

CVSS v3: 7.5
EG Score: 7.5(medium)
EPSS: 79.0%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00073.html
cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00075.html
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/AMatchandaHaystack/Research/blob/master/Nmap%26libsshDF
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/nmap/nmap/commit/350bbe0597d37ad67abe5fef8fba984707b4e9ad
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1077
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1227
cve@mitrehttps://seclists.org/nmap-announce/2019/0
cve@mitrehttps://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2018/q2/45
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00073.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00075.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/AMatchandaHaystack/Research/blob/master/Nmap%26libsshDF
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/nmap/nmap/commit/350bbe0597d37ad67abe5fef8fba984707b4e9ad
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1077
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/1227
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/nmap-announce/2019/0

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