What is CVE-2017-9982?

CVE-2017-9982 is a high-severity vulnerability in Teamspeak Client, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-9982?

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

Improper input validation in Teamspeak Client

CVE-2017-9982

TeamSpeak Client 3.0.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the ᗪ Unicode character followed by the ༿ Unicode character.

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

Published 2017-06-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Teamspeak Client — versions 3.0.19

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99308 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
pastebin.com/4Ngstncy (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.youtube.com/watch (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9982?: CVE-2017-9982 is a high-severity vulnerability in Teamspeak Client, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-9982?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.