Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2017-9732

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9732 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the read_packet function of Kerberised NetCat (knc) versions prior to 1.11-1, affecting secure-endpoints kerberised_netcat. This vulnerability, rated High (CVSS 7.5), allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust memory resources, potentially impacting other services on the targeted host. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion beyond a single Reddit mention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.11-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:secure-endpoints:kerberised_netcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0404 is in the 82nd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/150534/knc-Kerberized-NetCat-Denial-Of-Service.html
ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/65
ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / elric1/knc/commit/f237f3e09ecbaf59c897f5046538a7b1a3fa40c1
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / irsl/knc-memory-exhaustion
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory