CVE-2017-7869

Name: CVE-2017-7869
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2017-04-14T04:59:00.727+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 2.84%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-7869 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 2.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Metrics

EPSS Probability

2.84%

84.8th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnu	Gnutls	<= 3.5.9

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97040Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=420Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/51464af713d71802e3c6d5ac15f1a95132a354fePatch
https://www.gnutls.org/security.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97040Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2292
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=420Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/commit/51464af713d71802e3c6d5ac15f1a95132a354fePatch
https://www.gnutls.org/security.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 14, 2017
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2017-7869?

How severe is CVE-2017-7869?

Severity scoring for CVE-2017-7869 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 2.84% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7869?

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Source: NVD / NIST