CVE-2017-9228

Exp

An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in PHP through 7.1.5. A heap out-of-bounds write occurs in bitset_set_range() during regular expression compilation due to an uninitialized variable from an incorrect state transition. An incorrect state transition in parse_char_class() could create an execution path that leaves a critical local variable uninitialized until it's used as an index, resulting in an out-of-bounds write memory corruption.

Published: 2017-05-24 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-9228 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.26%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-9228

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-9228

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 0.53% 6.26% +5.73%
2 2026-06-12 0.61% 0.53% -0.07%
3 2026-03-04 — 0.61% —

Full EPSS history (67 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-9228

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
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.
 3.9 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-2017-9228

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-9228

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-9228 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libonig), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9228
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9228
suse medium CVE-2017-9228 severity moderate: SUSE including 327 source package names (apache2-mod_php5-5.2.14-0.7.30.111.11.1, apache2-mod_php5-5.5.14-109.13.1, …), 559 product×package rows across 60 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, … (60 product lines)): Fixed 425, Known Not Affected 134. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9228/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-9228 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (libonig, php5, php7.0, php7.1), 25 status rows across 7 suites (artful, bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 11, released 6, needs-triage 4, ignored 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9228

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-9228

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oniguruma_project oniguruma 6.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:oniguruma_project:oniguruma:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php >= 5.6.0, < 5.6.31 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.21 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-9228

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