openslp: Heap memory corruption in slpd/slpd_process.c allows denial of service or potentially code execution
Published Apr 23, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.83%
Description
OpenSLP releases in the 1.0.2 and 1.1.0 code streams have a heap-related memory corruption issue which may manifest itself as a denial-of-service or a remote code-execution vulnerability.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 7.0
Configuration 3
- 14.04
- 16.04
Configuration 4
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 7.6
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.6
- 6.0
- 7.0
Configuration 5
- n/a
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 6
- n/a
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 7
- n/a
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 8
- n/a
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- n/a
Configuration 9
- n/a
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 10
- n/a
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 11
- < 9.1.13.02.00
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 12
- < 4.53.351
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 13
- < 4.53.351
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 14
- < 24p-2.15
- < 1.8.0
- < 30r-1.13
- < 1.55
- < 4.70
- < 1.4.0
Configuration 15
- < 50.00
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 16
- < 4.53.351
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- n/a
Configuration 17
- ≤ 50.00
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- n/a
Configuration 18
- < 4.53.351
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- n/a
Configuration 19
- < 4.53.351
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- n/a
Configuration 20
- < 50.00
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 21
- < 50.00
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 22
- < 4.53.351
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 23
- < 1.40
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- n/a
Configuration 24
- < 2.32
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- n/a
Configuration 25
- n/a
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- n/a
Configuration 26
- < 46.00
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- n/a
Configuration 27
- < 4.53.351
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- n/a
Configuration 28
- < 2.32
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
openslp-1:2.0.0-3.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2018:2308
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
openslp-1:2.0.0-7.el7_5
Fixed · RHSA-2018:2240
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
openslp
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | openslp-1:2.0.0-3.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2308 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | openslp-1:2.0.0-7.el7_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2240 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | openslp | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.83% (0.03830) | 89.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.89% (0.03890) | 88.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.18% (0.01177) | 76.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.61% (0.06609) | 84.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.18% (0.01177) | 77.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00804) | 82.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00804) | 81.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 0.82% (0.00816) | 79.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 14, 2023 | 1.04% (0.01038) | 82.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.92% (0.00915) | 80.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 1.20% (0.01198) | 83.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2023 | 0.92% (0.00915) | 80.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.66% (0.00659) | 76.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.84% (0.02839) | 83.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 18, 2023 | 2.84% (0.02839) | 82.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.76% (0.02762) | 81.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.76% (0.02762) | 62.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.37% (0.02369) | 53.79th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.37% (0.02369) | 53.34th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 2.37% (0.02369) | 78.31th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.37% (0.02369) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (12)
- http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-18247 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2240 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2308 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17833 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1572166 Issue Tracking
- https://dumpco.re/blog/openslp-2.0.0-double-free
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00029.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17833
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://sourceforge.net/p/openslp/mercurial/ci/151f07745901cbdba6e00e4889561b4083250da1/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3708-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17833
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