CVE-2017-9078

high

Published 2017-05-19 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2016.74-5`
sid	Fixed	`2016.74-5`
forky	Fixed	`2016.74-5`
bullseye	Fixed	`2016.74-5`
bookworm	Fixed	`2016.74-5`
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
dropbear_ssh_project	dropbear_ssh	`{"endExcluding":"2017.75"}`	`2017.75`

References

CWEs

CWE-415

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.