CVE-2017-20161

rofl0r MacGeiger ESSID macgeiger.c dump_wlan_at injection

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 2, 2023 at 03:48 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:15 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsMacgeigerMacGeiger

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in rofl0r MacGeiger. Affected is the function dump_wlan_at of the file macgeiger.c of the component ESSID Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The name of the patch is 57f1dd50a4821b8c8e676e8020006ae4bfd3c9cb. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217188.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2017-12-02
Affected range stops below 2017-12-02, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

SignaturePermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217188
VDB EntryTechnical DescriptionPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.217188

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74

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