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Case File

CVE-2017-9732

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 4.04% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-12-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

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

Detected Signals
exploit
GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗
External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2017-9732
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.04%

Original NVD Description

The read_packet function in knc (Kerberised NetCat) before 1.11-1 is vulnerable to denial of service (memory exhaustion) that can be exploited remotely without authentication, possibly affecting another services running on the targeted host.