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CVE-2017-7520

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7520 is a denial-of-service and potential sensitive memory leak vulnerability affecting OpenVPN versions prior to 2.4.3 and 2.3.17. A remote man-in-the-middle attacker can trigger this flaw, leading to high impact on both confidentiality and availability. While rated as a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.4, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited active exploitation or widespread attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0338 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7520Important

openvpn: Multiple security issues fixed in OpenVPN 2.4.3 and 2.3.17

Jun 21, 2017

References

community.openvpn.net / openvpn/wiki/VulnerabilitiesFixedInOpenVPN243
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3900
securityfocus.com / bid/99230
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038768