Die Keysight IxChariot-Endpunkte vor der Version 9.

Description

Metrics

Weakness classes (CWE)

• CWE-122Variant

  Heap-based Buffer Overflow

  A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

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References & sources

• https://www.keysight.com/us/en/about/quality-and-security/security/product-and-solution-cyber-security/security-advisory-archive/security-advisory--ixchariot-vulnerability.html
  vendor-advisory
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20241
  vdb-entry
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-216-01.json
  third-party-advisory

Reanalysis & status changes

Chronological NVD audit events for this CVE — reanalyses, CVSS updates, CPE diffs.

1. CVE Modified2026-08-04 20:16 UTC· 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
   • SSVC: {"id":"CVE-2017-20241","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalI…
2. New CVE Received2026-08-04 19:16 UTC· 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
   • Affected: IxChariot
   • SSVC: {"id":"CVE-2017-20241","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalI…
   • Description: Keysight IxChariot Endpoint before 9.5.102 contains a heap-based buffer overflow. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted packet to crash the endpoint or potentially execute arbitrary code.
   • CVSS V4.0: AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Linked advisories

• sans-atrisk-mail2026-08-13 00:00 UTC
  @RISK®: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert: Vol. 26, Num. 31