CVE-2017-5986

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

1.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 66.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2017-02-18 21:40Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:18Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
• CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

190358e834ee914db69cc693167ca7176bb927986c93273f17674e3a11747dff

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1308https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170214 Re: Linux kernel: Reachable BUG_ON from userspace in sctp_wait_for_sndbuf()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2dcab598484185dea7ec22219c76dcdd59e3cb90x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420276x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com96222http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96222vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-3804http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11x_refsource_CONFIRM