CVE-2017-16939

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

2.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 80.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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

Important. 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

2017-11-24 10:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-11-24

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

b6394ab0a31ce5c41ee8ea19fbf58bfc2bdb899bd2bd6242d5cedc5b0a0f479b

• www.debian.orgDSA-4082https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• 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
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2018:0011http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069702x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1137b5e2529a8f5ca8ee709288ecba3e68044df2x_refsource_MISC
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11x_refsource_MISC
• seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/40x_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1355https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1355vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1318https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com101954http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101954vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• blogs.securiteam.comhttps://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3535x_refsource_MISC
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1137b5e2529a8f5ca8ee709288ecba3e68044df2x_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1170https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1190https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT