CVE-2017-2583

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

0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 48.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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

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

2017-02-06 06:04Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 13:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-01

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary PrivilegesBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a1f2b550e1e166a5f1e20319e343a4a502c892e9e5283482b2a4ebc5e1572b28

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414735x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/33ab91103b3415e12457e3104f0e4517ce12d0f3x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1615https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1615vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170119 CVE-2017-2583 Kernel: Kvm: vmx/svm potential privilege escalation inside guesthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/19/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3754-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com95673http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95673vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1616https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1616vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=33ab91103b3415e12457e3104f0e4517ce12d0f3x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3791http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5x_refsource_CONFIRM