What is CVE-2017-7696?

CVE-2017-7696 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Sso Authentication Library, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2017-7696?

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

Is CVE-2017-7696 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in SAP Sso Authentication Library

CVE-2017-7696

SAP AS JAVA SSO Authentication Library 2.0 through 3.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via large values in the width and height parameters to otp_logon_ui_resources/qr, aka SAP Security Note 2389042.

EPSS: 0.362 (98.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Sap Sso_authentication_library — versions 2.0, 3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

vah13/SAP_

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7696?: CVE-2017-7696 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Sso Authentication Library, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2017-7696?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7696 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.