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CVE-2017-9790

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9790 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache Mesos versions before 1.1.3, 1.2.2, 1.3.1, and 1.4.0-dev. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash Mesos masters by sending a specially crafted HTTP request with an empty path, exploiting a parsing error in the libprocess component. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on availability, rendering the Mesos cluster inoperable. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:mesos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:mesos:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:mesos:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:mesos:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:mesos:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-23
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 69th 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 (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.mesos:mesosFixed in: 1.1.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.mesos:mesosFixed in: 1.2.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.mesos:mesosFixed in: 1.3.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-vpcv-78cp-whr3high

Use after free in Apache Mesos

May 13, 2022

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/cc1e7a69ea78da0511f5b54b6be7aa6e3c78edad5aaff430e7de028b%40%3Cdev.mesos.apache.org%3E
securityfocus.com / bid/101023
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry