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CVE-2017-12618

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12618 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) versions 1.6.0 and prior. It stems from a failure to validate the integrity of SDBM database files, which can be exploited by a local user with write access to the database. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a low-privileged local attacker can cause a denial of service with high impact, though the attack complexity is high. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:portable_runtime_utility:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:portable_runtime_utility:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:portable_runtime_utility:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:portable_runtime_utility:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:portable_runtime_utility:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 1,296 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 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 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1Fixed in: httpd
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6Fixed in: httpd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: apr-util
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2Fixed in: httpd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3Fixed in: httpd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: apr-util
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3Fixed in: apr-util
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: apr-util

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-12618Moderate

apr-util: Out-of-bounds access in corrupted SDBM database

Oct 23, 2017

References

mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/apr-dev/201710.mbox/%3CCACsi252POs4toeJJciwg09_eu2cO3XFg%3DUqsPjXsfjDoeC3-UQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00006.html
securityfocus.com / bid/101558
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1042004