CVE-2017-13090

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 37%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

The retr.c:fd_read_body() function is called when processing OK responses. When the response is sent chunked in wget before 1.19.2, the chunk parser uses strtol() to read each chunk's length, but doesn't check that the chunk length is a non-negative number. The code then tries to read the chunk in pieces of 8192 bytes by using the MIN() macro, but ends up passing the negative chunk length to retr.c:fd_read(). As fd_read() takes an int argument, the high 32 bits of the chunk length are discarded, leaving fd_read() with a completely attacker controlled length argument. The attacker can corrupt malloc metadata after the allocated buffer.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
60(Track)
EG Risk 60/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
37%
EPSS %ILE
98%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 27, 2017

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Aug 10, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
generic

Traficom – liikenteen ja viestinnän palvelut sinulle | Traficom

https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/en/cybersecurity/vulnerabilities/2017/haavoittuvuus-2017-037.html
generic

Synology_SA_17_62_Wget | Synology Inc.

https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_62_Wget
generic

GNU Wget: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201711-06) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-06
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3075
generic
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039661
generic

SecurityFocus

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101590

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2017-13090(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuwget (1.13.4-2ubuntu1.5) @ precise2026-05-22ubuntu
ubuntuwget (1.18-2ubuntu1.1) @ zesty2026-05-22ubuntu
redhatwget-0:1.14-15.el7_4.12017-10-26redhat

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

(28 across 28 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.15(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.16(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.4(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.18-r2—
Alpine:v3.5(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.18-r3—
Alpine:v3.6(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.7(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-r0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget—1.19.2-1—
Debian:7(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget1.13.4-3, 1.13.4-3+deb7u1, 1.13.4-3+deb7u2, 1.13.4-3+deb7u3, 1.13.4-3+deb7u41.13.4-3+deb7u5—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget1.16-1, 1.16-1+deb8u1, 1.16-1+deb8u21.16-1+deb8u4—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
wget1.18-51.18-5+deb9u1—

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-13090?
CVE-2017-13090 is a high vulnerability published on October 27, 2017. The retr.c:fdreadbody() function is called when processing OK responses. When the response is sent chunked in wget before 1.19.2, the chunk parser uses strtol() to read each chunk's length, but doesn't check that the chunk length is a non-negative number. The code then tries to read the chunk in…
When was CVE-2017-13090 disclosed?
CVE-2017-13090 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 27, 2017, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-13090 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-13090 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 1.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-13090?
CVE-2017-13090 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-13090?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-13090, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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