8.8

CVE-2017-9105: fedoraproject fedora NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-9105DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9105
Published 18-06-2020Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-9105 is a high (CVSS 8.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 3.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.60%
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 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0827-1SUSE-SU-2020:14399-1SUSE-SU-2020:1612-1

Timeline

  1. 18-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in adns before 1.5.2. It corrupts a pointer when a nameserver speaks first because of a wrong number of pointer dereferences. This bug may well be exploitable as a remote code execution.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.60% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.60%

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

Debian1 product
  • adns< 1.6.0-2
Fedoraproject1 product
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • adnsAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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