CVE-2017-9732

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

4.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.9% 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

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

2018-12-20 22:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 17:18Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-06-16

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9a6ec1d2e082e24241f3cee804890ecf67e355504a3f726749a06ee4b4f069cb

• github.comhttps://github.com/elric1/knc/commit/f237f3e09ecbaf59c897f5046538a7b1a3fa40c1x_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org20181130 CVE-2017-9732: knc (kerberized netcat) memory exhaustionhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/65mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150534/knc-Kerberized-NetCat-Denial-Of-Service.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/irsl/knc-memory-exhaustion/x_refsource_MISC