VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-16996

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging register truncation mishandling.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.40%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux
Source: security@debian.org

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102267Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102267Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958Patch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.