What is CVE-2017-9765?

CVE-2017-9765 is a high-severity vulnerability in Genivia Gsoap, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-9765?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-9765 known to be exploited?

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

Integer overflow in Genivia Gsoap

CVE-2017-9765

Integer overflow in the soap_get function in Genivia gSOAP 2.7.x and 2.8.x before 2.8.48, as used on Axis cameras and other devices, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a large XML document, aka Devil's Ivy. NOTE: the large document would be blocked by many common web-server configurations on general-purpose computers.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2017-07-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.246 (97.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.246 · newest: 0.246 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Genivia Gsoap — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
blog.senr.io/blog/devils-ivy-flaw-in-widely-used-third-party-code-impacts-milli… (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
blog.senr.io/devilsivy.html (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.genivia.com/advisory.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99868 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.genivia.com/changelog.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9765?: CVE-2017-9765 is a high-severity vulnerability in Genivia Gsoap, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-9765?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-9765 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.