CVE-2017-11185

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• 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

2.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2017-08-18 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-12-04 15:57Z9 MO AGO

Reserved

2017-07-12

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0d57d21da8ca263aa25a56b308946c5909ce76b564d92454dac1e8084e4e4e52

• www.securityfocus.com100492http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100492vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-3962http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3962vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.strongswan.orghttps://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/08/14/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2017-11185%29.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM