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CVE-2017-2800

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 8.53% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution
External Security References

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CVE
CVE-2017-2800
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
8.53%

Original NVD Description

A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a single out of bounds byte overwrite in wolfSSL through 3.10.2 resulting in potential certificate validation vulnerabilities, denial of service and possible remote code execution. In order to trigger this vulnerability, the attacker needs to supply a malicious x509 certificate to either a server or a client application using this library.

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