CVE-2017-20005
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.3% (pctl 88)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that exceed four digits, as demonstrated by a file with a modification date in 1969 that causes an integer overflow (or a false modification date far in the future), when encountered by the autoindex module.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.26% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-190 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-06-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| f5 | nginx |
References
- http://nginx.org/en/CHANGES
- https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/0206ebe76f748bb39d9de4dd4b3fce777fdfdccf
- https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/b900cc28fcbb4cf5a32ab62f80b59292e1c85b4b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00009.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0006/
- https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1368
- http://nginx.org/en/CHANGES
- https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/0206ebe76f748bb39d9de4dd4b3fce777fdfdccf
- https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/b900cc28fcbb4cf5a32ab62f80b59292e1c85b4b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00009.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0006/
- https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1368
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