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CVE-2017-11770

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11770 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting .NET Core versions 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely trigger this vulnerability by sending malformed certificate data, causing the web application to crash. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it requires no user interaction or privileges, making it easily exploitable with a high impact on availability. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited active exploitation or widespread attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:aspnetcore:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:aspnetcore:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:aspnetcore:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0542 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: .NET Core 1.1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: .NET Core 2.0
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: .NET Core 1.0
View patch
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: System.Security.Cryptography.X509CertificatesFixed in: 4.1.2
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Microsoft.NETCore.AppFixed in: 2.0.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise LinuxFixed in: rh-dotnet20-dotnet-0:2.0.3-4.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise LinuxFixed in: rh-dotnetcore10-dotnetcore-0:1.0.8-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise LinuxFixed in: rh-dotnetcore11-dotnetcore-0:1.1.5-1.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

nugetGHSA-7mfr-774f-w5r9high

Improper Certificate Validation

Apr 12, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-11770Low

Core: DoS via bad certificate

Nov 14, 2017
microsoft2017-Nov/CVE-2017-11770Important

.NET CORE Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Nov 14, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:3248
Third Party Advisory
portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11770
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101710
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039787
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry