What is CVE-2017-9119?

CVE-2017-9119 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NetApp Clustered Data Ontap, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-9119?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in NetApp Clustered Data Ontap

CVE-2017-9119

The i_zval_ptr_dtor function in Zend/zend_variables.h in PHP 7.1.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering crafted operations on array data structures.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2017-05-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.036 (89.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/98596 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/ (Third Party Advisory)
bugs.php.net/bug.php (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9119?: CVE-2017-9119 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NetApp Clustered Data Ontap, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-9119?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.