Keysight IxChariot up to 9.5.101 buffer overflow

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Keysight IxChariot up to 9.5.101. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-20242. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Keysight IxChariot up to 9.5.101. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Keysight IxChariot Endpoint before 9.5.102 contains a stack-based buffer overflow. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted packet to crash the endpoint or potentially execute arbitrary code.

It is possible to read the advisory at raw.githubusercontent.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-20242 since 05/29/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.5.102 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Keysight

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• IxChariot

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• 9.5.101

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