CVE-2017-9951

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

4.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.2% 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

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

2017-07-17 06:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 17:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-06-26

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

35089be20d1c854e46bcf846a5a8e8b88ea219c47ae9f557d6c52306ffbc920f

• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3588-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3588-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1439x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com99874http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99874vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-4218https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4218vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.twistlock.comhttps://www.twistlock.com/2017/07/13/cve-2017-9951-heap-overflow-memcached-server-1-4-38-twistlock-vulnerability-report/x_refsource_MISC
• groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=memcached/ubGWrkmrr4E/nrm1SeVJAQAJx_refsource_MISC