CVE-2017-9078
The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners when the -a option is enabled.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners when the -a option is enabled.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.47% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- dropbear ssh project/dropbear ssh · debian/debian linux · netapp/h410c firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.