CVE-2017-12974

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.013 · 69 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.26% (69th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

136 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-347USprimaryCWE-310USCWE-347USCWE-347US

affected products (136)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

EMC Avamarall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:emc:avamar:-
Hitachi Ops Centerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:hitachi:ops_center:-
Hitachi Ops Center <Analyzer 10.9.3-00all versionscert_bundDE
Hitachi Ops Center <Viewpoint 10.9.3-00all versionscert_bundDE
IBM DB2 11.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:db2:11.1
IBM DB2 11.5all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:db2:11.5
IBM SPSS Analytic Serverall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:spss:analytic_server
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Hitachi Ops Center< Analyzer 10.9.3-00cert_bundDE
Hitachi Ops Center< Viewpoint 10.9.3-00cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Connect2id Ltd. Nimbus JOSE + JWT≤ 4.36fstec_bduRU
connect2id nimbus jose+jwt= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
connect2id nimbus jose+jwt= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
connect2id nimbus jose+jwt= 1.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
connect2id nimbus jose+jwt= 1.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
connect2id nimbus jose+jwt= 1.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
connect2id nimbus jose+jwt= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
connect2id nimbus jose+jwt= 1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
connect2id nimbus jose+jwt= 1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:connect2id:nimbus_jose\+jwt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-0770IBM DB2: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-04-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM DB2 ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder einen Denial of Service zu verursachen
GHSA-pfv2-37f7-9m6wImproper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Nimbus JOSE+JWT2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-08-20modified 2026-06-17

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