CVE-2017-7860
Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow...
Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the parse_unix function in core/ext/client_channel/parse_address.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the parse_unix function in core/ext/client_channel/parse_address.c.
- Record
CVE-2017-7860- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the parse_unix function in core/ext/client_channel/parse_address.c.
- Record
CVE-2017-7860- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-16835 No score
Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the parse_unix function in core/ext/client_channel/parse_address.c.
- Record
EUVD-2017-16835- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j8v6-6xq3-6m4f
Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow...
Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the parse_unix function in core/ext/client_channel/parse_address.c.
- Record
GHSA-j8v6-6xq3-6m4f- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the parse_unix function in core/ext/client_channel/parse_address.c.
- Record
CVE-2017-7860- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-7860
Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the parse_unix function in core/ext/client_channel/parse_address.c.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7860- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-7860
Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the parse_unix function in core/ext/client_channel/parse_address.c.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7860- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-7860 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Grpc, published April 14, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.04%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in grpc 1.2.5-1+nmu0.
References
bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=661
securityfocus.com/bid/97695
github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/9833
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7860
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7860
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7860
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7860