This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Bitdefender Internet Security 2018.

published 2017-12-21 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8573

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 6.5%; EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits: 0; none known

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Bitdefender Internet Security 2018. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within cevakrnl.xmd. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-5101.

Exploit prediction

6.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Bitdefender Bitdefender Internet Security

Classification

Weakness

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-17-942
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-17408
NVD CVE-2017-17408

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Summary