CVE-2017-16683

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Published 2017-12-12 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2

4.0

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Denial of Service (DOS) in SAP Business Objects Platform, Enterprise 4.10 and 4.20, that could allow an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cna@sap.com — https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
sap	businessobjects	`4.10`
sap	businessobjects	`4.20`

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102146
https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2531656
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102146
https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/12/sap-security-patch-day-december-2017/
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2531656

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.