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CVE-2017-3790

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3790 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) software versions prior to X8.8.2. It stems from insufficient size validation of user-supplied data in the received packet parser. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending crafted H.224 data within H.323 RTP packets, causing a buffer overflow and system reload. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.6, indicating a severe impact with no authentication or user interaction required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
x8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:expressway:x8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:expressway:x8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:expressway:x8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x8.1_baseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:expressway:x8.1_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x8.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:expressway:x8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0349 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170125-expressway
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95786
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037697