gnutls: Out-of-bounds write related to the cdk_pkt_read function (GNUTLS-SA-2017-3)
Published Apr 14, 2017
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.84%
Description
GnuTLS before 2017-02-20 has an out-of-bounds write caused by an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow related to the cdk_pkt_read function in opencdk/read-packet.c. This issue (which is a subset of the vendor's GNUTLS-SA-2017-3 report) is fixed in 3.5.10.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gnutls-0:3.3.26-9.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2292
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
gnutls
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
gnutls
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
mingw-virt-viewer
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gnutls-0:3.3.26-9.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2292 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | gnutls | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | gnutls | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Will not fix | 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:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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
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Percentile over time
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Table of values (15 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.84% (0.02839) | 86.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.84% (0.02839) | 84.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.00% (0.00995) | 74.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.12% (0.03124) | 77.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 77.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 76.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 73.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 30.57th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 29.93th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 68.62th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97040 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7869 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=420 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443033 Issue Tracking
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/51464af713d71802e3c6d5ac15f1a95132a354fe x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7869
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7869
- https://www.gnutls.org/security.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2017-3
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97040 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7869 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=420 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443033 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/51464af713d71802e3c6d5ac15f1a95132a354fe | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7869 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7869 | ||
| https://www.gnutls.org/security.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2017-3 |
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