CVE-2017-0022

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-24. Federal remediation due 2022-06-14.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

18.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 96.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-03-17 00:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8041dfd4277936a4c41160b1779e039743ab6acadb15a70f1db4f9bf0719ed61

• www.securityfocus.com96069http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96069vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• 0patch.blogspot.comhttps://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/09/exploit-kit-rendezvous-and-cve-2017-0022.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0022x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1038014http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038014vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-0022government-resource