CVE-2017-16944

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

63.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.1% 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

Important. 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

2017-11-25 17:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-11-25

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

3e84008f2c41f71eede15071b0e41f5d30cd9f1f5d5660dad43972adf0246e7d

• lists.exim.orghttps://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20171125.034842.d1d75cac.en.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/3x_refsource_MISC
• bugs.exim.orghttps://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2201x_refsource_MISC
• openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/1x_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1039873http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039873vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/25/2x_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4053https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4053vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.exploit-db.com43184https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43184/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210504 21Nails: Multiple vulnerabilities in Eximhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/04/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST