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CVE-2017-7273

23
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.6MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.7
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.1%
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 63rd percentile among its peer group of 170 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7273Low

kernel: HID: integer underflow in cp_report_fixup() (drivers/hid/hid-cypress.c)

Mar 27, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/1ebb71143758f45dc0fa76e2f48429e13b16d110
PatchThird Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.4
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97190
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry