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.

Published · last modified .

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: 0.362 (98.4th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-7696: rose from 0.277 to 0.362.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.277 · newest: 0.362 · change: +0.086

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.