CVE-2017-15944

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-18. Federal remediation due 2022-09-08.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

98.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% 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

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2017-12-11 17:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2017-10-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

952b098e6a292750a730e1b7a2844abb29f3112771aab746c17890789032ae35

• www.exploit-db.com44597https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44597/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securitytracker.com1040007http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040007vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com102079http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102079vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.exploit-db.com43342https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43342/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-15944x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-15944government-resource