CVE-2017-12424

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 85.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2017-08-04 09:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 18:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-08-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

eed89e22e34a80623e694a973df1a19f23ee42f1e29f382ab252638d3f09f159

• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756630x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201710-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-16vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• github.comhttps://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/954e3d2e7113e9ac06632aee3c69b8d818cc8952x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1266675x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210317 [SECURITY] [DLA 2596-1] shadow security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00020.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST