CVE-2017-16525

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

0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 32.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2017-11-04 01:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-11-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

916d0bf3bc55921aed375c2107e0ef2550efd0f5dc52638ceea8381276d3b83f

• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171210 [SECURITY] [DLA 1200-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com102028http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102028vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3583-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/299d7572e46f98534033a9e65973f13ad1ce9047x_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3583-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/cMACrmo1x0k/4KhRoUgABAAJx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bd998c2e0df0469707503023d50d46cf0b10c787x_refsource_MISC