CVE-2017-2781

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.023 · 84 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.34% (84th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

An exploitable heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parsing functionality of InsideSecure MatrixSSL 3.8.7b. A specially crafted x509 certificate can cause a buffer overflow on the heap resulting in remote code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, a specially crafted x509 certificate must be presented to the vulnerable client or server application when initiating secure connection.

cvss

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

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · talos-cna@cisco.com USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-119US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Inside Secure MatrixSSL≤ 3.8.7benisa_euvdEU
INSIDE Secure Corp. MatrixSSL≤ 3.8.7bfstec_bduRU
matrixssl matrixssl= 3.8.7bnvdUScpe:2.3:a:matrixssl:matrixssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-06-22modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0277 cnnvd
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99249 cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99249 enisa_euvd
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0277 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99249Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0277ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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