What is CVE-2017-7519?

CVE-2017-7519 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ceph, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. CVSS score: 2.3/10. Published 2018-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-7519?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ceph

CVE-2017-7519

In Ceph, a format string flaw was found in the way libradosstriper parses input from user. A user could crash an application or service using the libradosstriper library.

Published 2018-07-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Ceph
[Unknown] Ceph
Debian Linux — versions 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-134 — Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99075 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4339 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7519?: CVE-2017-7519 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ceph, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. CVSS score: 2.3/10. Published 2018-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-7519?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.3 out of 10.