Is CVE-2017-7659 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-7659 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-7659?

CVE-2017-7659 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-7659?

CVE-2017-7659 has an EPSS score of 53.94% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7659?

Upgrade apache2 on debian 11 to 2.4.25-4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-7659

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A maliciously constructed HTTP/2 request could cause mod_http2 in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.24, 2.4.25 to dereference a NULL pointer and crash the server process.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

apache2Debian

Fixed in:2.4.25-4CVE-2017-7659

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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

53.94%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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