Out-of-bounds Read in Openvswitch
CVE-2017-9265
In Open vSwitch (OvS) v2.7.0, there is a buffer over-read while parsing the group mod OpenFlow message sent from the controller in `lib/ofp-util.c` in the function `ofputil_pull_ofp15_group_mod`.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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: 0.028 (86.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Openvswitch — versions 2.7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2698 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2727 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2692 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2553 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2418 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2648 (vendor-advisory)
- mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-May/332965.html (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2665 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-9265?
- CVE-2017-9265 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openvswitch, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-29.
- How severe is CVE-2017-9265?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.