CVE-2017-3737

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

78.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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

2017-12-07 16:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 03:53Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-16

Assigning CNA

openssl

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-391Unchecked Error ConditionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

42ab6fa92c8b3f658a6bf2aef041a83b8bbd08b7d0ef1155cea097c1102581cd

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• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2186https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2186vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/898fb884b706aaeb283de4812340bb0bde8476dcx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0002/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-17:12https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:12.openssl.ascvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201712-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securitytracker.com1039978http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039978vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.openssl.orghttps://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20171207.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.digitalmunition.mehttps://www.digitalmunition.me/2017/12/cve-2017-3737-openssl-security-bypass-vulnerability/x_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0998https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0998vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-4065https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4065vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-179516.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com102103http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102103vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-16x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2187https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2187vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180117-0002/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171208-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.htmlx_refsource_MISC