CVE-2017-5546

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

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 35.2% 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

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 15:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-01-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-391Unchecked Error ConditionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d48e004853275400fe7dc0b4954966beb2ee0e1b244362bbb3813279b5d53c4b

• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29fx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170120 Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash kernelhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29fx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com95711http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711vdb-entryx_refsource_BID