What is CVE-2017-7999?

CVE-2017-7999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eucalyptus. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-7999?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Eucalyptus

CVE-2017-7999

Atlassian Eucalyptus before 4.4.1, when in EDGE mode, allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to cause a denial of service (E2 service outage) via unspecified vectors.

Published 2017-06-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Eucalyptus — versions 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2

References

eucalyptus.atlassian.net/wiki/display/advisories/ESA-33 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7999?: CVE-2017-7999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eucalyptus. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-7999?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.