What is CVE-2017-9272?

CVE-2017-9272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Bi-Directional Driver, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-9272?

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

Improper input validation in Microfocus Bi-Directional Driver

CVE-2017-9272

The Bi-directional driver in IDM 4.5 before 4.0.3.0 could be susceptible to a denial of service attack.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.3th 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

Microfocus Bi-directional_driver
Microfocus Identity_manager — versions 4.5
*** N/a Idm 4.5 Bidirectional Edir Driver Version — versions All versions prior to version 4.0.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security@opentext.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9272?: CVE-2017-9272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Bi-Directional Driver, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-9272?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.