CVE-2017-7508 is a remote denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenVPN versions prior to 2.4.3 and 2.3.17, triggered by receiving a malformed IPv6 packet. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a high impact on availability, though without affecting confidentiality or integrity. While no public exploit intelligence like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries exist, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness despite no indication of active exploitation or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.3.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openvpn:openvpn:2.4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.