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Vulnerability details: VCID-gw95-sjjz-p3ad
Vulnerability ID VCID-gw95-sjjz-p3ad
Aliases CVE-2017-9798
Summary
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.9 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9798.json
epss 0.93868 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9798
epss 0.93868 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9798
epss 0.93868 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9798
epss 0.93868 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9798
epss 0.93868 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9798
epss 0.93868 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9798
epss 0.93881 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9798
cvssv2 5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 5.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
apache_httpd low https://httpd.apache.org/security/json/CVE-2017-9798.json
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-404
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9798.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9798
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9798
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1490344 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490344
876109 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876109
ASA-201709-15 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201709-15
AVG-404 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-404
CVE-2017-9798 https://httpd.apache.org/security/json/CVE-2017-9798.json
CVE-2017-9798;OPTIONSBLEED Exploit https://github.com/hannob/optionsbleed/blob/e297ce13cfb0f338b2cabfb81a70349fd6925f82/optionsbleed
CVE-2017-9798;OPTIONSBLEED Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/webapps/42745.py
RHSA-2017:2882 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2882
RHSA-2017:2972 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2972
RHSA-2017:3018 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3018
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-2017:3239 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3239
RHSA-2017:3240 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3240
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-3425-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3425-1/
USN-3425-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3425-2/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Sept. 18, 2017
Description Apache < 2.2.34 / < 2.4.27 - OPTIONS Memory Leak
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Sept. 18, 2017
Exploit type webapps
Platform linux
Source update date Sept. 19, 2017
Source URL https://github.com/hannob/optionsbleed/blob/e297ce13cfb0f338b2cabfb81a70349fd6925f82/optionsbleed
Data source Metasploit
Description This module scans for the Apache optionsbleed vulnerability where the Allow response header returned from an OPTIONS request may bleed memory if the server has a .htaccess file with an invalid Limit method defined.
Note 
AKA:
  - Optionsbleed
Stability:
  - unknown-stability
Reliability:
  - unknown-reliability
SideEffects:
  - unknown-side-effects
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Sept. 18, 2017
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/apache_optionsbleed.rb
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9798.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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:H/I:N/A:N 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 0.99861
EPSS Score 0.93868
Published At Aug. 15, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:28:33.901903+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/edge/main.json 37.0.0