What is CVE-2017-9287?

CVE-2017-9287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Policy Auditor, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-9287?

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

Is CVE-2017-9287 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Double Free in Mcafee Policy Auditor

CVE-2017-9287

servers/slapd/back-mdb/search.c in OpenLDAP through 2.4.44 is prone to a double free vulnerability. A user with access to search the directory can crash slapd by issuing a search including the Paged Results control with a page size of 0.

Vulnerability class: Double Free

Published 2017-05-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.072 (94.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.072 · newest: 0.072 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mcafee Policy Auditor
Openldap
Oracle Blockchain Platform
Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus — versions 7.6, 7.7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-415 — Double Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/98736 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3868 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1852 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038591 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index (Third Party Advisory)
www.openldap.org/its/ (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
bugs.debian.org/863563 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9287?: CVE-2017-9287 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Policy Auditor, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-9287?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-9287 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.