CVE-2017-9105

An issue was discovered in adns before 1.5.2. It corrupts a pointer when a nameserver speaks first because of a wrong number of pointer dereferences. This bug may well be exploitable as a remote code execution.

Published: 2020-06-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-9105 is rated Moderate Risk (64.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.62%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-9105

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 2026-04-22 3.21% 2.62% -0.59%
2 2025-11-21 2.62% 3.21% +0.59%
3 2025-11-18 — 2.62% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-9105

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-9105

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-9105

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-9105 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (adns), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9105
suse high CVE-2017-9105 severity important: SUSE including 18 source package names (24.164:libadns1-1.4-103.3.1, 26.196:libadns1-1.4-103.3.1, …), 60 product×package rows across 52 product lines (Container caasp/v4/nginx-ingress-controller, Container suse/ltss/sle12.5/sles12sp5, … (52 product lines)): Fixed 60. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9105/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-9105 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (adns), 17 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 11, needed 3, DNE 1, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9105

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-9105

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu adns < 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:adns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 32 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-9105

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