CVE-2017-7935 — A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2

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HIGH

A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2

Published May 19, 2017

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.18%

Description

A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard firmware versions 8.3.0 to 8.4.2. An attacker may compromise the device's availability by performing multiple initial VPN requests.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard Default
n/a
- Version
  Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Phoenix Contact GmbH mGuard	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.18% 0.01182

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01182

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.18% (0.01182)	66.63th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.18% (0.01182)	66.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.11% (0.00108)	44.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.11% (0.00108)	42.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00100)	39.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	10.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1