What is CVE-2017-1000357?

CVE-2017-1000357 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opendaylight, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000357?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Opendaylight

CVE-2017-1000357

Denial of Service attack when the switch rejects to receive packets from the controller. Component: This vulnerability affects OpenDaylight odl-l2switch-switch, which is the feature responsible for the OpenFlow communication. Version: OpenDaylight versions 3.3 (Lithium-SR3), 3.4 (Lithium-SR4), 4.0 (Beryllium), 4.1 (Beryllium-SR1), 4.2 (Beryllium-SR2), and 4.4 (Beryllium-SR4) are affected by this flaw. Java version is openjdk version 1.8.0_91.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2017-04-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Opendaylight — versions 3.3, 4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

aaltodoc.aalto.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/21584/master_Bidaj_Andi_2016.pdf (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000357?: CVE-2017-1000357 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opendaylight, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000357?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.