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CVE-2017-1129

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1129 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting IBM Notes versions 8.5 and 9.0. An attacker can exploit this by convincing a user to click a malicious link, causing the Notes client to hang and require a restart. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code, including Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, is available. Despite this, there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:inotes:8.5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
30.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: IBM Notes encodeURI DOS · Aug 31, 2017
ExploitDB: EDB-42602 · Sep 2, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3007 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/121370
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42602
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory