CVE-2017-12627

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

8.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.6% 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:3.0/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

2018-03-01 14:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 01:15Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-08-07

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a4dbdde3bbaceeaf44612fbbe92cf08f32b0b6314b3c17ffe8a856e0890e8375

• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180329 [SECURITY] [DLA 1328-1] xerces-c security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00032.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• xerces.apache.orghttp://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2017-12627.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com103219http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103219vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• seclists.org[oss-security] 20180301 Apache Xerces-C Security Advisory for versions < 3.2.1 [CVE-2017-12627]http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/203mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• kc.mcafee.comhttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365x_refsource_CONFIRM