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CVE-2017-7277

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7277 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the TCP stack in the Linux kernel up to version 4.10.6. It allows local users to either extract sensitive information from kernel socket data structures or trigger a denial of service through an out-of-bounds read. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating a high impact on confidentiality and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.10.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-2017-7277Low

kernel: Mishandling SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS feature causes out-of-bounds read

Mar 18, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/4ef1b2869447411ad3ef91ad7d4891a83c1a509a
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/8605330aac5a5785630aec8f64378a54891937cc
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lkml.org / lkml/2017/3/15/485
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
patchwork.ozlabs.org / patch/740636
PatchThird Party Advisory
patchwork.ozlabs.org / patch/740639
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97141
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry