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Vulnerability details: VCID-s6b4-xqmn-w3dc
Vulnerability ID VCID-s6b4-xqmn-w3dc
Aliases CVE-2017-14970
Summary openvswitch: Multiple memory leaks in lib/ofp-util.c while parsing malformed OpenFlow group mod messages
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.3
Risk 2.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
System Score Found at
cvssv3 2.2 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-14970.json
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
epss 0.00512 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
cvssv2 5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14970
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14970
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-14970.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-14970
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14970
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-September/339085.html
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-September/339086.html
1497966 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1497966
877543 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=877543
cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-14970 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14970
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-14970.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

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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

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

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none

low

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unchanged

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14970
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:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14970
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 0.66399
EPSS Score 0.00512
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:28:41.864184+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-14970.json 38.0.0