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CVE-2017-2788

10.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 7.8% (pctl 95)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (10), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

A buffer overflows exists in the psnotifyd application of the Pharos PopUp printer client version 9.0. A specially crafted packet can be sent to the victim's computer and can lead to a heap based buffer overflow resulting in potential remote code execution. This client is always listening, has root privileges, and requires no user interaction to exploit.

Scoring

CVSS10.0 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS7.83% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2017-03-10
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
pharospopup

References

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