CVE-2017-14991

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 34.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-10-03 07:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 19:42Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-10-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
• CWE-456Missing Initialization of a VariableVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

61a4c9e14414e26c4bf097be885e2408c42dfeffbec5b0fc6eec1720c7accc1f

• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com101187http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101187vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3754-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9x_refsource_CONFIRM