Security advisory

{
  "id": "716d54824dcf5f37a64db42d3d25b9ca98958b00ee44e396094defdddd61e23d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9265",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-9265",
    "summary": "In Open vSwitch (OvS) v2.7.0, there is a buffer over-read while parsing the group mod OpenFlow message sent from the controller in `lib/ofp-util.c` in the function `ofputil_pull_ofp15_group_mod`.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-9265",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-9265",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-9265"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "c298ef781c2d35d939fe163cbc2f41ea7b1cb8d1"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "c298ef781c2d35d939fe163cbc2f41ea7b1cb8d1"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openvswitch:openvswitch:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.7.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.7.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.7.0",
            "v2.7.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9265.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:50.547597867Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2418",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2553",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2648",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2665",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2692",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2698",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2727",
        "https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-May/332965.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-9265",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437261,
  "published_at": "2017-05-29T04:29:00.43+00:00"
}