CVE-2017-7935
A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0...
A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2. An attacker may compromise the device's availability by performing multiple initial VPN requests.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2. An attacker may compromise the device's availability by performing multiple initial VPN requests.
- Record
CVE-2017-7935- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2. An attacker may compromise the device's availability by performing multiple initial VPN requests.
- Record
CVE-2017-7935- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-16906 No score
A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2. An attacker may compromise the device's availability by performing multiple initial VPN requests.
- Record
EUVD-2017-16906- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xqr3-vfxg-3qjr
A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0...
A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2. An attacker may compromise the device's availability by performing multiple initial VPN requests.
- Record
GHSA-xqr3-vfxg-3qjr- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-7935 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Phoenix Contact Gmbh Mguard Firmware, published May 19, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.18%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.