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TI-2017-14227 Aliases CVE-2017-20161GHSA-cwxh-q334-gq6j

rofl0r MacGeiger ESSID macgeiger.c dump_wlan_at injection

Priority LOW 35CWE-74Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00519 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
rofl0rMacGeigerall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • MacGeiger Vendorrofl0r Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:macgeiger_project:macgeiger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2017-12-02VulnerableMacgeiger Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:macgeiger_project:macgeiger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2017-12-02 Vulnerable ·Macgeiger Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-20161
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cwxh-q334-gq6j

References

Patch 1

Sources

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