Is CVE-2017-5645 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-5645 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-5645?

CVE-2017-5645 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-5645?

CVE-2017-5645 has an EPSS score of 89.04% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5645?

Upgrade apache-log4j2 on debian 11 to 2.7-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-5645

CRITICALEPSS 100th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Apache Log4j 2.x before 2.8.2, when using the TCP socket server or UDP socket server to receive serialized log events from another application, a specially crafted binary payload can be sent that, when deserialized, can execute arbitrary code.

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

How to fix

Remediation Available

apache-log4j2Debian

Fixed in:2.7-2CVE-2017-5645

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

89.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch4

Vendor Advisory1

issues.apache.org

Third-Party Advisory23

Other references22

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-0669	High	7.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-35464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-29300	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2025-53770	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-41082	High	8.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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