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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2017-9454 json

Buffer overflow in the ares_parse_a_reply function in the embedded ares library in ReSIProcate before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cau…

published 2017-08-18 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18387

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the ares_parse_a_reply function in the embedded ares library in ReSIProcate before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds-read) via a crafted DNS response.

Patch / fix

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-2017-9454 updated cvss 5.9

resiprocate: buffer overlow in ares_parse_a_reply

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    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

1.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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