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CVE-2017-18222

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18222 is a buffer overflow and memory corruption vulnerability in the Hisilicon Network Subsystem (HNS) of the Linux kernel before version 4.12. This flaw arises from improper handling of sset_count data when ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS is not considered, affecting Linux kernel installations. It carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attacker can achieve denial of service and potentially other impacts with low complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-18222Low

kernel: Memory corruption in ethtool_get_strings function in hns driver

Mar 8, 2018

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/412b65d15a7f8a93794653968308fc100f2aa87c
PatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3654-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 3654-2
usn.ubuntu.com / 3656-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4188
securityfocus.com / bid/103349
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry