CVE-2017-9265: openvswitch Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-9265 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in openvswitch. EPSS estimates a 2.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 4Timeline
- 29-05-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In Open vSwitch (OvS) v2.7.0, there is a buffer over-read while parsing the group mod OpenFlow message sent from the controller in `lib/ofp-util.c` in the function `ofputil_pull_ofp15_group_mod`.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.81%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
87%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.81% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- openvswitch< 2.8.1+dfsg1-2
Openvswitch1 product
- openvswitch2.7.0
Ubuntu1 product
- openvswitch< 2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
3 vendors · 3 products
References
12 links- mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-May/332965.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMMailing ListPatchVendor AdvisoryREPORT
