{"id":"CVE-2017-20166","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-20166","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:18.117Z","title":"Ecto 2.2.0 lacks a certain protection mechanism associated with the interaction between is_nil and raise.","description":"Ecto 2.2.0 lacks a certain protection mechanism associated with the interaction between is_nil and raise.","published":"2023-01-10T06:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:15:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-754"],"affected":["ecto project/ecto"],"epss":{"score":0.01316,"percentile":0.70617,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2xxx-fhc8-9qvq","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/commit/db55b0cba6525c24ebddc88ef9ae0c1c00620250","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/pull/2125","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/elixir-ecto/0m4NPfg_MMU","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2xxx-fhc8-9qvq","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/commit/db55b0cba6525c24ebddc88ef9ae0c1c00620250","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/pull/2125","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/elixir-ecto/0m4NPfg_MMU","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20166","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}