CVE-2017-12762

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

5.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.2% 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

Low. 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

2017-08-09 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 18:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-08-09

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

6c66488b5bba1b1174cc0ca5f3adc3239e0bf95238141790bd5750c42343a043

• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3620-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• patchwork.kernel.orghttps://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9880041/x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com100251http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100251vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3620-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200211 Potential regression and/or incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12762http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/11/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200211 Re: Potential regression and/or incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12762http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/11/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200214 Re: Potential regression and/or incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12762http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/14/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST