CVE-2017-7273 describes an integer underflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel's HID-Cypress driver (drivers/hid/hid-cypress.c), affecting versions 3.2 and 4.x before 4.9.4. This flaw allows a physically proximate attacker to trigger a denial of service or potentially other impacts through a specially crafted HID report. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 6.6), exploitation requires physical access and low privileges, but can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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