CVE-2017-17973

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• 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

3.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 87.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2017-12-29 21:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 21:06Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-12-29

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

01bdfc6a4fee11df80dec7dbb99cd2f7e5cc13eefac2fb5124de5a6634184358

• bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2769x_refsource_MISC
• bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074318x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com102331http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102331vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530912x_refsource_MISC