CVE-2017-16538

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

Equal to or higher than the score of 35.2% 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:3.0/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-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-391Unchecked Error ConditionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d0d65d7cac3b9eec0acf7df4803e270da82bf4785071425ccb607a3cbb8715b4

• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3631-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• patchwork.linuxtv.orghttps://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44566/x_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4082https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3631-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2018:0011http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3754-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/XwNidsl4X04/ti6I2IaRBAAJx_refsource_MISC
• patchwork.linuxtv.orghttps://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44567/x_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4073https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN