CVE-2017-12613

When apr_time_exp*() or apr_os_exp_time*() functions are invoked with an invalid month field value in Apache Portable Runtime APR 1.6.2 and prior, out of bounds memory may be accessed in converting this value to an apr_time_exp_t value, potentially revealing the contents of a different static heap value or resulting in program termination, and may represent an information disclosure or denial of service vulnerability to applications which call these APR functions with unvalidated external input.

Published: 2017-10-24 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-12613 is rated Moderate Risk (56.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.75%). EPSS rose +1.50% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-12613

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.25% 1.75% +1.50%
2 2026-03-04 0.05% 0.25% +0.20%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (45 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-12613

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.2 [email protected]
3.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-12613

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-12613

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2017-12613 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (apr), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12613
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12613
suse low CVE-2017-12613 severity low: SUSE including 9 source package names (apr-1.4.8-3.el7_4.1, apr-devel-1.4.8-3.el7_4.1, …), 24 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (16 product lines)): Fixed 24. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12613/
ubuntu low CVE-2017-12613 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apr), 15 status rows across 15 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 10, released 3, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12613

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-12613

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache portable_runtime < 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:portable_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_core_services — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_core_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_core_services 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_web_server 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat software_collections 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 6.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 6.5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 6.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 6.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-12613

URL Tags
http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/Announcement1.x.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/23/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101560 Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3270 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3475 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3476 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3477 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0316 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1253 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/12489f2e4a9f9d390235c16298aca0d20658789de80d553513977f13%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r270dd5022db194b78acaf509216a33c85f3da43757defa05cc766339%40%3Ccommits.apr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra2868b53339a6af65577146ad87016368c138388b09bff9d2860f50e%40%3Cdev.apr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra38094406cc38a05218ebd1158187feda021b0c3a1df400bbf296af8%40%3Cdev.apr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1f3c85f50fbd924a0051675118d1609e57957a02ece7facb723155b%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc48a0acebbd74bbdeebc02ff228bb72c0631b21823fffe27d4691e9%40%3Ccommits.apr.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1807976 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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