CVE-2017-14494

HIGHNVD 5.98.2
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 8.2 because EPSS predicted 70% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs) when EchelonGraph scored this CVE. NVD baseline CVSS 5.9 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction (continuous uplift above 30%)
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekWeaponized
8.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 70%
  • Public exploit code is available (Exploit-DB, marked verified by Exploit-DB)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 70%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: Exploit-DB (verified)Exposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

dnsmasq before 2.78, when configured as a relay, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via vectors involving handling DHCPv6 forwarded requests.

CVSS v3
5.9
EG Score
8.2HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
55
EG Risk 55/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity59% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.9 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation70% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
70%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (8.2): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.2 is EPSS's lift toward 9.0 from its impact severity (EG Severity, CVSS 5.9 MEDIUM): a likelihood of exploitation, not impact.

EG Severity
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
70% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-21). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

October 3, 2017

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

References (20)

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Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntudnsmasq-base (2.59-4ubuntu0.3) @ precise2026-10-21ubuntu
ubuntudnsmasq-utils (2.68-1ubuntu0.2) @ trusty2026-10-21ubuntu
redhatdnsmasq-0:2.76-2.el7_4.22017-10-02redhat
redhatdnsmasq-0:2.66-21.el7_3.22017-10-02redhat

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

(29 across 29 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.10(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.11(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.12(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.13(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.14(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.15(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.16(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.17(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.18(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.19(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.3(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.76-r1: fixed in 2.76-r1
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Alpine:v3.4(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.76-r1: fixed in 2.76-r1
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Alpine:v3.5(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.76-r2: fixed in 2.76-r2
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Alpine:v3.6(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.76-r5: fixed in 2.76-r5
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Alpine:v3.7(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.8(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Alpine:v3.9(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-r0: fixed in 2.78-r0
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Debian:11(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-1: fixed in 2.78-1
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Debian:12(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-1: fixed in 2.78-1
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Debian:13(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-1: fixed in 2.78-1
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Debian:14(1)
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dnsmasq—
  • every version up to 2.78-1: fixed in 2.78-1
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Debian:7(1)
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dnsmasq2.62-3+deb7u1, 2.62-3+deb7u2, 2.62-3+deb7u3
  • every version up to 2.62-3+deb7u4: fixed in 2.62-3+deb7u4
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Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
dnsmasq2.72-3, 2.72-3+deb8u1
  • every version up to 2.72-3+deb8u2: fixed in 2.72-3+deb8u2
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Debian:9(1)
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dnsmasq2.76-5
  • every version up to 2.76-5+deb9u1: fixed in 2.76-5+deb9u1
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Weakness Classification(1)

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

All Vendor Advisories

(4)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 28× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 94 of 129 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 6 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 35 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-23 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 70% · 99th percentile
  2. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 70% · 99th percentile
  3. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.20
  4. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p5vm-j7g2-h6cx · GitHub CVSS 5.9
  6. 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 70% · 99th percentile
  7. 2026-10-20 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
  8. 2026-10-19 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
  9. 2026-10-18 10:38 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-17 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  14. 2026-10-12 20:34 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-12 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
  16. 2026-10-12 00:57 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-11 13:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  20. 2026-10-07 23:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
  21. 2026-10-07 23:24 UTCOSV refresh
  22. 2026-10-06 15:11 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
  23. 2026-10-03 14:21 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
  24. 2026-09-30 09:27 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-28 13:45 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  1. 2026-09-27 13:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
  2. 2026-09-26 15:53 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  5. 2026-09-18 19:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
  6. 2026-09-18 05:36 UTCOSV refresh
  7. 2026-09-17 19:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  9. 2026-09-13 16:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  17. 2026-08-30 05:55 UTCOSV refresh
  18. 2026-08-28 21:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 71% · 99th percentile
  19. 2026-08-27 14:20 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  29. 2026-08-07 16:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  34. 2026-07-28 15:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  37. 2026-07-23 01:27 UTCEG score recompute▲ 2.10
  38. 2026-07-22 22:06 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-07-22 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  48. 2026-07-11 08:24 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
  49. 2026-07-09 19:06 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  61. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 68% · 99th percentile
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  65. 2026-06-13 22:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 8.3% · 92nd percentile
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-42944✓ verified
    Published Oct 2, 2017

    Dnsmasq < 2.78 - Information Leak

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-14494?
CVE-2017-14494 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 3, 2017. dnsmasq before 2.78, when configured as a relay, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via vectors involving handling DHCPv6 forwarded requests.
When was CVE-2017-14494 made public?
CVE-2017-14494 was made public on October 2, 2017: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on October 3, 2017. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of June 17, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2017-14494 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-14494 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EchelonGraph's EG-KEV model places it in Tier 2 (Weaponized), which is not evidence of exploitation: Exploit-DB marks a public exploit for it as verified. EchelonGraph does not test whether exploit code works. FIRST EPSS estimates a 70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-14494?
CVE-2017-14494 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 8.2 (HIGH).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-14494?
A fix for CVE-2017-14494 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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