CVE-2017-2840

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

1.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 75.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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

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

2018-04-24 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 18:19Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-01

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

82f7be09a40316e9b6838973c042a6fe7b7bbadbf4c4a9fef1b4099fbbf9a785

• www.securityfocus.com100084http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100084vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0342x_refsource_MISC