CVE-2017-8804
highpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.077 · 95 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The xdr_bytes and xdr_string functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.25 mishandle failures of buffer deserialization, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual memory allocation, or memory consumption if an overcommit setting is not used) via a crafted UDP packet to port 111, a related issue to CVE-2017-8779. NOTE: [Information provided from upstream and references
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.8
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affected products (3)
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references (34)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00026.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00039.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-02/msg00049.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/05/2cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037559#c7cnnvd
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/228cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21461cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-05/msg00128.htmlcnnvd
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