{"id":"CVE-2017-16538","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16538","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:04:39.237Z","title":"drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/lmedm04.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to a…","description":"drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/lmedm04.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to a missing warm-start check and incorrect attach timing (dm04_lme2510_frontend_attach versus dm04_lme2510_tuner).","published":"2017-11-04T01:29:37.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:09:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00412,"percentile":0.35305,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/XwNidsl4X04/ti6I2IaRBAAJ","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44566/","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44567/","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/XwNidsl4X04/ti6I2IaRBAAJ","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44566/","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44567/","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16538","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."}