CVE-2017-6463

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

5.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.1% 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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

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

2017-03-27 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-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cda4142a4b1d5b07f4a3b67951bdabec5ecd838971c0ade362ab842b7c33e234

• www.securitytracker.com1038123http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038123vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT208144x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3707-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3707-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-17:03https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:03.ntp.ascvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
• www.securityfocus.com97049http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97049vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• 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
• support.ntp.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3387x_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