CVE-2017-16259

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

0.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 58.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. 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

2023-01-11 21:39Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-09 13:38Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-10-31

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

939ce39b4821a3588fc1b55ebc30edb95d3edcad6420345fdcec76a6630fffc3

• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0483