CVE-2017-8779

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

81.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.6% 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

Important. 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

2017-05-04 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 16:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-05-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9c5a2bcba4b5c0bc4af27f050fc09569e3625050c4f786380c173dce45a4b623

• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3759-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1267https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1267vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3759-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1262https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1262vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• guidovranken.wordpress.comhttps://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/rpcbomb-remote-rpcbind-denial-of-service-patches/x_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1268https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1268vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/drbothen/GO-RPCBOMBx_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHBA-2017:1497https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1497vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/guidovranken/rpcbomb/x_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180109-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201706-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-07vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securitytracker.com1038532http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038532vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com98325http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98325vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/12x_refsource_MISC
• openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/04/1x_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1395https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1395vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1263https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1263vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.exploit-db.com41974https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41974/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.debian.orgDSA-3845http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3845vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN