CVE-2017-5357

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

3.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.6% 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

Low. 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

2017-02-16 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 14:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-01-12

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4870a76fb43cd10b70fc5a5e18132a2ca103edfa1c38db0cbb1d106a086559d0

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170112 invalid free in GNU ed before 1.14.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170112 Re: invalid free in GNU ed before 1.14.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.gnu.org[Bug-ed] 20170108 invalid free on malformed commandshttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2017-f87674ad41https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.securityfocus.com95422http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170112 Re: invalid free in GNU ed before 1.14.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170112 Re: invalid free in GNU ed before 1.14.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST