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CVE-2017-9106

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9106 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in adns versions prior to 1.5.2, affecting products like fedoraproject adns and GNU adns. The flaw arises from adns_rr_info mishandling a bogus *datap, specifically due to insufficient checks when converting out-of-range integer values, leading to a buffer overrun. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially causing a denial of service (Availability impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:adns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRVHN3GGVNQWAOL3PWC5FLAV7HUESLZR
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGFZ4SPV6KFQK6ZNUZFB5Y32OYFOM5YJ
chiark.greenend.org.uk / pipermail/adns-announce/2020/000004.html
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
chiark.greenend.org.uk / ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git
Third Party Advisory
chiark.greenend.org.uk / ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git