CVE-2017-17968

critical

Published 2017-12-29 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in NetTransport.exe in NetTransport Download Manager 2.96L and earlier could allow remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code on NAS devices via a long HTTP response.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-43408 remote windows

Aloyce J. Makalanga · 2017-12-29

NetTransport 2.96L - Remote Buffer Overflow (DEP Bypass)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/misc/nettransport rank 300

NetTransport Download Manager 2.90.510 Buffer Overflow

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
xi-soft	nettransport_download_manager	`{"endIncluding":"2.96l"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.