CVE-2017-12990

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.5% (85th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory CVSS 7.5 is lower than this score; a lower GitHub score revises it only when its advisory is newer than the CVE record's last change, and this advisory (published 2022-05-13) is not newer than that change (2026-06-17), so it does not.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from NVD CVSS v3
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3

Also known asEUVD-2017-4508 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 2.5%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The ISAKMP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to bugs in print-isakmp.c, several functions.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
60
EG Risk 60/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation2.5% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
2.5%
EPSS %ILE
85th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
2.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

September 14, 2017

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Oct 6, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat, github_commit.
Web page

[SECURITY] [DSA 3971-1] tcpdump security update

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
Web page

About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, Security Update 2017-001 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-004 El Capitan - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/HT208221
Web page

Tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201709-23) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
GitHub commit

commit c2ef693866be (the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump)

Fix landed in the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump commit c2ef693866be — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/c2ef693866beae071a24b45c49f9674af1df4028
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntutcpdump (4.9.2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) @ precise2026-11-12ubuntu
ubuntutcpdump (4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial2026-11-12ubuntu
redhattcpdump-14:4.9.2-3.el72018-04-10redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(7 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tcpdump—
  • every version up to 4.9.2-1: fixed in 4.9.2-1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tcpdump—
  • every version up to 4.9.2-1: fixed in 4.9.2-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tcpdump—
  • every version up to 4.9.2-1: fixed in 4.9.2-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tcpdump—
  • every version up to 4.9.2-1: fixed in 4.9.2-1
—
Debian:7(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tcpdump4.3.0-1 ... 4.9.1-3 (30 versions)
  • every version up to 4.9.2-1~deb7u1: fixed in 4.9.2-1~deb7u1
—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tcpdump4.6.2-5 ... 4.9.2-1~deb7u1 (19 versions)
  • every version up to 4.9.2-1~deb8u1: fixed in 4.9.2-1~deb8u1
—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tcpdump4.9.0-2 ... 4.9.2-1~deb8u1 (7 versions)
  • every version up to 4.9.2-1~deb9u1: fixed in 4.9.2-1~deb9u1
—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(3)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 78× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 268 rows on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 168 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 09:17 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-13 09:17 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-13 09:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  4. 2026-11-12 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  5. 2026-11-12 10:23 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  6. 2026-11-12 10:23 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-11-12 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  8. 2026-11-11 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  9. 2026-11-11 11:26 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  10. 2026-11-11 11:26 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-11-11 11:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  12. 2026-11-10 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  13. 2026-11-10 12:32 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  14. 2026-11-10 12:32 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-11-10 12:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  16. 2026-11-09 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  17. 2026-11-09 13:37 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  18. 2026-11-09 13:37 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-11-09 13:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  20. 2026-11-08 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  21. 2026-11-08 14:44 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  22. 2026-11-08 14:44 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-11-08 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  24. 2026-11-07 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  25. 2026-11-07 15:49 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-11-07 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  2. 2026-11-06 16:56 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  3. 2026-11-06 16:56 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-06 16:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  5. 2026-11-06 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  6. 2026-11-05 18:02 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  7. 2026-11-05 18:02 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-11-05 18:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  9. 2026-11-05 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  10. 2026-11-04 19:08 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  11. 2026-11-04 19:08 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-11-04 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  13. 2026-11-04 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  14. 2026-11-03 20:12 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  15. 2026-11-03 20:12 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-11-03 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  17. 2026-11-03 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  18. 2026-11-02 21:17 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  19. 2026-11-02 21:17 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-11-02 21:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  21. 2026-11-02 14:25 UTCOSV refresh
  22. 2026-11-01 22:24 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-11-01 22:24 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-11-01 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  25. 2026-11-01 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  26. 2026-10-31 23:30 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  27. 2026-10-31 23:30 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-10-31 23:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  29. 2026-10-31 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 85th percentile
  30. 2026-10-31 00:37 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  31. 2026-10-31 00:37 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-31 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  33. 2026-10-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
  34. 2026-10-30 01:43 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  35. 2026-10-30 01:43 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-10-30 01:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  37. 2026-10-29 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
  38. 2026-10-29 02:50 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  39. 2026-10-29 02:50 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-10-29 02:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  41. 2026-10-28 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
  42. 2026-10-28 03:54 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  43. 2026-10-28 03:54 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-10-28 03:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  45. 2026-10-27 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
  46. 2026-10-27 04:47 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  47. 2026-10-27 04:47 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-10-27 04:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  49. 2026-10-26 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
  50. 2026-10-26 01:31 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-10-26 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  52. 2026-10-25 19:39 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  53. 2026-10-25 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
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  55. 2026-10-25 02:38 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-10-25 02:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  57. 2026-10-24 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
  58. 2026-10-24 03:44 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  59. 2026-10-24 03:44 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-10-24 03:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  61. 2026-10-23 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
  62. 2026-10-23 04:49 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  63. 2026-10-23 04:49 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-10-23 04:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
  65. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 2.5% · 84th percentile
  66. 2026-10-22 05:52 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  67. 2026-10-22 05:52 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-10-22 05:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-h7v2-cvh5-xv63 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-12990?
CVE-2017-12990 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 14, 2017. The ISAKMP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to bugs in print-isakmp.c, several functions.
When was CVE-2017-12990 made public?
CVE-2017-12990 was made public on September 14, 2017: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on September 14, 2017. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of June 17, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2017-12990 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-12990 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (85th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-12990?
CVE-2017-12990 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-12990?
A fix for CVE-2017-12990 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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