CVE-2017-9214
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OFPT_QUEUE_GET_CONFIG_REPLY type OFP 1.0 message, there is a buffer over-read that is caused by an unsigned integer underflow in the function `ofputil_pull_queue_get_config_reply10` in `lib/ofp-util.c`.
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 | 2.89% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-191 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-05-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| openvswitch | openvswitch |
| redhat | enterprise linux |
| redhat | openstack |
| redhat | virtualization |
| redhat | virtualization manager |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2418
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2553
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2648
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2665
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2692
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2698
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2727
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00032.html
- https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-May/332711.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2418
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2553
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2648
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2665
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2692
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2698
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2727
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00032.html
- https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-May/332711.html
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