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CVE-2017-5637

76
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5637 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache ZooKeeper versions 3.4.9 and 3.5.2, where unauthenticated attackers can send CPU-intensive commands ("wchp/wchc") to cause high CPU utilization, rendering the server unable to process legitimate client requests. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:zookeeper:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:zookeeper:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:zookeeper:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:zookeeper:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:zookeeper:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
72.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42294 · Jul 2, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7288 is in the 99th 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

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeperFixed in: 3.5.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeperFixed in: 3.4.10
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4Fixed in: zookeeper
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.3Fixed in: zookeeper
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.4Fixed in: zookeeper
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: zookeeper
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6Fixed in: zookeeper
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6Fixed in: zookeeper

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-7cwj-j333-x7f7high

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache ZooKeeper

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-5637Moderate

zookeeper: Incorrect input validation with wchp/wchc four letter words

Feb 7, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2477
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:3354
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:3355
issues.apache.org / jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2693
Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/58170aeb7a681d462b7fa31cae81110cbb749d2dc83c5736a0bb8370%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/bcce5a9c532b386c68dab2f6b3ce8b0cc9b950ec551766e76391caa3%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3871
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98814
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry