What is CVE-2017-2797?

CVE-2017-2797 is a high-severity vulnerability in Antenna House Dmc Htmlfilter, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2017-05-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-2797?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Antenna House Dmc Htmlfilter

CVE-2017-2797

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the ParseEnvironment functionality of AntennaHouse DMC HTMLFilter as used by MarkLogic 8.0-6.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-05-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Antenna House Dmc Htmlfilter — versions as shipped with MarkLogic 8.0-6
Marklogic — versions 8.0-6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0290 (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2797?: CVE-2017-2797 is a high-severity vulnerability in Antenna House Dmc Htmlfilter, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2017-05-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-2797?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.