CVE-2017-9663
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to access an encryption key that is stored in cleartext in memory.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information issue was discovered in General Motors (GM) and Shanghai OnStar (SOS) SOS iOS Client 7.1. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to access an encryption key that is stored in cleartext in memory.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.07% probability · 65th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-312
- Affected
- gm/shanghai onstar
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS 1.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102481Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-234-04Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102481Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-234-04Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.