{"id":"CVE-2017-14489","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-14489","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:55:34.673Z","title":"The iscsi_if_rx function in drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging incorrect length validation.","description":"The iscsi_if_rx function in drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging incorrect length validation.","published":"2017-09-15T10:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:06:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.01155,"percentile":0.66907,"date":"2026-10-28","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-10-02","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42932,"kind":"exploit","title":"Linux Kernel < 4.14.rc3 - Local Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42932","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/42932.c","file":"exploits/linux/dos/42932.c","published":"2017-10-02","added":"2017-10-02","updated":"2019-03-07","author":"Wang Chenyu","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-14489"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101011","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490421","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9923803/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42932/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101011","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490421","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9923803/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42932/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14489","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}