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CVE-2017-9217
systemd-resolved through 233 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DNS response with an empty…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 15.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
systemd-resolved through 233 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DNS response with an empty question section.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.9% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/5998 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1621396 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/a924f43f30f9c4acaf70618dd2a055f8b0f166be (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 98677 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241213-0003/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-18155 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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