CVE-2017-15220
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST...
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
CVE-2017-15220- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
CVE-2017-15220- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6680 No score
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
EUVD-2017-6680- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j2hr-3xh6-w2c7
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST...
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
GHSA-j2hr-3xh6-w2c7- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 - Remote Buffer Overflow | 2017-10-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | vasilerevnic/CVE-2017-15220-vxsearch-rce | 2026-03-09 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-15220 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Flexense Vx Search, published October 11, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.10%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.