CVE-2017-20283

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.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

1.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 67.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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:N/I:L/A:L

NVD analysis status

Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-15.

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

2026-10-08 02:12Z21 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-15 18:10Z13 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-09-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4431c8a0dd21a6b17b5a2e5c0f7128779bf526a1c0cb844fabf66fc0f8caeed6

• community.nxp.comhttps://community.nxp.com/t5/MQX-Software-Solutions/Horrible-memory-leak-in-recvfrom-that-has-gone-completely/m-p/705993