{"id":"CVE-2017-2584","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-2584","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:45:02.288Z","title":"arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted application that leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor,…","description":"arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted application that leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor, fxsave, sgdt, and sidt.","published":"2017-01-15T02:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:16:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-200","CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00421,"percentile":0.36242,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=129a72a0d3c8e139a04512325384fe5ac119e74d","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/7","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95430","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037603","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413001","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/129a72a0d3c8e139a04512325384fe5ac119e74d","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=129a72a0d3c8e139a04512325384fe5ac119e74d","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/7","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95430","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037603","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413001","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/129a72a0d3c8e139a04512325384fe5ac119e74d","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2584","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."}