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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-15047 in the critical feed json

The clusterLoadConfig function in cluster.c in Redis 4.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array index and app…

published 2017-10-06 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6522

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The clusterLoadConfig function in cluster.c in Redis 4.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array index and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging "limited access to the machine."

Patch / fix

  • redis Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:4.0.2-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15047

  • redis Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2:3.0.6-1ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15047

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • redis SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 6.0.8-1.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-OU-2020:3291-1

  • redis openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.2.5-1.2
  • redis Package Hub 12 4.0.6-12.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11299-1openSUSE-SU-2018:0225-1openSUSE-SU-2018:0228-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-15047 updated cvss 3.3

redis: Insufficient input validation in the clusterLoadConfig function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) redis Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) redis Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools redis Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 redis Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) redis Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools redis
    +6 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) redis Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools redis Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) redis Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) redis Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) redis Red Hat Software Collections rh-redis32-redis
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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