Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-20005

Title: F5 Nginx Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-20005.

CWE Category CWE-120
Published Date Jun 06, 2021
Modified Date Dec 05, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.25%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-20005: NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that exceed four digits, as demonstrated by a file with a modification date in 1969 that causes an integer overflow (or a false modification date far in the future), when encountered by the autoindex module.

Impacted Vendors

F
f5 1
N
nginx 1

Reference Links

http://nginx.org/en/CHANGES https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/0206ebe76f748bb39d9de4dd4b3fce777fdfdccf https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/b900cc28fcbb4cf5a32ab62f80b59292e1c85b4b https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00009.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0006/ https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1368 http://nginx.org/en/CHANGES https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/0206ebe76f748bb39d9de4dd4b3fce777fdfdccf https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/b900cc28fcbb4cf5a32ab62f80b59292e1c85b4b https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00009.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0006/ https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1368
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2017-20005 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.