7.5

CVE-2017-17846: debian debian_linux Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17846DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17846
Published 22-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17846 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DLA-1219-1DSA-4070-1MGASA-2017-0477

Timeline

  1. 22-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Enigmail before 1.9.9. Regular expressions are exploitable for Denial of Service, because of attempts to match arbitrarily long strings, aka TBE-01-003.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Enigmail1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • enigmail< 2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 2:1.9.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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