CVE-2017-7938

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

4.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2017-04-20 00:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-03 21:44Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2017-04-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.6)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

ccad82bc64f4167c45eda8f16f0678d4e460cf30fa9bbdc5359ee1d2cbc04235

• packetstormsecurity.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142210/Dmitry-1.3a-Local-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
• cxsecurity.comhttps://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040113
• www.exploit-db.com41898https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41898/exploit
• github.comhttps://github.com/jaygreig86/dmitry/pull/12
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00024.html