CVE-2017-5970

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

3.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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

2017-02-14 06:30Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:18Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-12

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

16b7140f83fc1ed9900e5d6cc2f55ca1c62f3d0a830ef768e8008192f1bc4095

• patchwork.ozlabs.orghttps://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/724136/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170212 Fwd: [scr293903] Linux kernel - upstreamhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/12/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2669https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com96233http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96233vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2077https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421638x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3791http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN