CVE-2017-7186

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

5.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.7% 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

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

2017-03-20 00:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:56Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-19

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-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

322d6e53ac270b9316961d466f28eb0cc186ef6bf314454e5394b7602d26786e

• bugs.exim.orghttps://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2052x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201710-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• vcs.pcre.orghttps://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_internal.h?r1=1649&r2=1688&sortby=datex_refsource_CONFIRM
• vcs.pcre.orghttps://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2/code/trunk/src/pcre2_internal.h?r1=600&r2=670&sortby=datex_refsource_CONFIRM
• vcs.pcre.orghttps://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_ucd.c?r1=1490&r2=1688&sortby=datex_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com97030http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97030vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/14/libpcre-invalid-memory-read-in-match-pcre_exec-c/x_refsource_MISC
• vcs.pcre.orghttps://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2/code/trunk/src/pcre2_ucd.c?r1=316&r2=670&sortby=datex_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2486https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201710-25https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO