CVE-2017-16537

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16537DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16537
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 04 Nov 2017, 01:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 20:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.2 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.41% LOW
0% probability +0.32%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Nov 2017, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 20:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The imon_probe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.6CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.41%• Percentile: 35%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 4.13.13-1 | < 4.13.13-1 | < 4.13.13-1 | < 4.13.13-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-157.207 | < 4.4.0-119.143

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 4.4.0-1016.16 | < 4.4.0-1054.63

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    < 4.13.0-1014.17

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    < 4.4.0-1008.10

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    < 4.13.0-1012.16

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    < 4.13.0-41.46~16.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-kvm

    < 4.4.0-1020.25

  • ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-119.143~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-oem

    < 4.13.0-1022.24

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1086.94 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1088.93

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.13.7

References (18)