Is CVE-2017-16227 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-16227 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-16227?

CVE-2017-16227 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-16227?

CVE-2017-16227 has an EPSS score of 18.79% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-16227

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The aspath_put function in bgpd/bgp_aspath.c in Quagga before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session drop) via BGP UPDATE messages, because AS_PATH size calculation for long paths counts certain bytes twice and consequently constructs an invalid message.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

18.79%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.