CVE-2017-12989

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

2.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 82.2% 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

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

2017-09-14 06:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 18:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-08-21

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e007217b5d8764f258a7b5f7bd6c7c3b56386fd1b909b558d5ff414fa001295f

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201709-23https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT208221x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3971http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securitytracker.com1039307http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.tcpdump.orghttp://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/db24063b01cba8e9d4d88b7d8ac70c9000c104e4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHEA-2018:0705https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT