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CVE-2017-3203

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3203 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting Pivotal/Spring Spring-flex, where Java AMF3 deserializers incorrectly use java.io.Externalizable instead of flash.utils.IExternalizable. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted serialized Java objects, provided they can spoof or control an RMI server connection. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with high attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pivotal:spring-flex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0634 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-8v4h-j42h-wfhchigh

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Spring-flex

May 13, 2022

References

codewhitesec.blogspot.com / 2017/04/amf.html
ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/307983
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/97376
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityweek.com / flaws-java-amf-libraries-allow-remote-code-execution
Third Party Advisory