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CVE-2017-7520

HIGH
7.4CVSS
Published: 2017-06-27
Updated: 2025-04-20
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Description

OpenVPN versions before 2.4.3 and before 2.3.17 are vulnerable to denial-of-service and/or possibly sensitive memory leak triggered by man-in-the-middle attacker.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
high
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-200CWE-125

Metadata

Primary Vendor
OPENVPN
Published
6/27/2017
Last Modified
4/20/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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