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Vulnerability details: VCID-fyrq-yg2u-jkc7
Vulnerability ID VCID-fyrq-yg2u-jkc7
Aliases CVE-2017-7679
Summary mod_mime can read one byte past the end of a buffer when sending a malicious Content-Type response header.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7679.json
epss 0.30062 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7679
epss 0.31057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7679
epss 0.31057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7679
epss 0.31057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7679
epss 0.31057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7679
epss 0.31057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7679
epss 0.31057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7679
epss 0.31057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7679
cvssv2 4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 6.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
apache_httpd important https://httpd.apache.org/security/json/CVE-2017-7679.json
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-316
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7679.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7679
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-3167
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-3169
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7668
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7679
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1463207 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1463207
ASA-201706-34 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201706-34
AVG-316 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-316
CVE-2017-7679 https://httpd.apache.org/security/json/CVE-2017-7679.json
GLSA-201710-32 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-32
RHSA-2017:2478 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2478
RHSA-2017:2479 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2479
RHSA-2017:2483 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2483
RHSA-2017:3193 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3193
RHSA-2017:3194 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3194
RHSA-2017:3195 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3195
RHSA-2017:3475 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3475
RHSA-2017:3476 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3476
RHSA-2017:3477 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3477
USN-3340-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3340-1/
USN-3373-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3373-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7679.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.96661
EPSS Score 0.30062
Published At April 13, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:36:21.016547+00:00 Apache HTTPD Importer Import https://httpd.apache.org/security/json/CVE-2017-7679.json 38.0.0