CVE-2017-16995 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel (through version 4.4) affecting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions. It stems from incorrect sign extension in the BPF verifier, allowing local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or potentially achieve local privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and user privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on CISA's KEV catalog, multiple public exploits exist, including Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, indicating its exploitability. Despite this, the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.9, < 4.9.72CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.10, < 4.14.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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