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CVE-2017-5335

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5335 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GnuTLS versions prior to 3.3.26 and 3.5.8, affecting products like GNU GnuTLS and OpenSUSE Leap. This flaw, rated High severity (CVSS 7.5), allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger an out-of-memory error and crash by sending a specially crafted OpenPGP certificate. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.3.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0801 is in the 90th 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

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 (4)

gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gnutls-0:2.12.23-21.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnutls-0:3.3.26-9.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gnutls

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5335Moderate

gnutls: Out of memory while parsing crafted OpenPGP certificate

Jan 10, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0574.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2292
bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
gitlab.com / gnutls/gnutls/commit/49be4f7b82eba2363bb8d4090950dad976a77a3a
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
gnutls.org / security.html
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201702-04
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/7
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95374
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037576
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry