CVE-2017-8421

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

0.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 61.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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

2017-05-02 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 16:34Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-05-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7ce498c7e0ebb4bc8ac2b1afeb5f66285dc96cf3ae4282bbcfdf0acd97130683

• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21440x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201709-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-02vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO