CVE-2017-6178

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

1.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 61.7% 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:3.0/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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2017-03-20 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:18Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-21

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

83dcb976b0777120136e068e79c2260d6a3b7d18ff475d99adb094392cc419d0

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141526/USBPcap-1.1.0.0-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com41542https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41542/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securityfocus.com97026http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97026vdb-entryx_refsource_BID