CVE-2017-6462

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

0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 40.2% 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:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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

2017-03-27 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:33Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

df554ba16f1564d1e9d794786eed4249dc5de46c1b575787689fc7a82069d2a3

• www.securitytracker.com1038123http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038123vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com97045http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97045vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT208144x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3707-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3707-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• support.ntp.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3388x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-17:03https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:03.ntp.ascvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:3071https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3071vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• support.ntp.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secux_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0855https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0855vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• support.hpe.comhttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_usx_refsource_CONFIRM