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CVE-2017-5548

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5548 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel versions 4.9.x before 4.9.6, specifically within the drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c component when CONFIG_VMAP_STACK is enabled. This local vulnerability, rated High severity (CVSS 7.8), allows an attacker to cause a system crash or memory corruption, or potentially other unspecified impacts, by manipulating DMA scatterlists to consume excessive virtual pages. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5548Moderate

kernel: Using stack for buffers in ieee802154

Jan 12, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/05a974efa4bdf6e2a150e3f27dc6fcf0a9ad5655
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6
Release NotesVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95710
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry