VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-17432

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.05%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

OpenAFS 1.x before 1.6.22 does not properly validate Rx ack packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash or application crash) via crafted fields, as demonstrated by an integer underflow and assertion failure for a small MTU value.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-617: Reachable Assertion

Primary references