CVE-2017-2596

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

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 34.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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:C/C:N/I:N/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 14:02Z2 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-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

976a3c5fb5a6b31123a74ef76b8aedf1a4980f27b99a11518e9921db02344cb0

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417812x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170131 CVE-2017-2596 Kernel: kvm: page reference leakage in handle_vmonhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com95878http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95878vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2077https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.debian.orgDSA-3791http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN