CVE-2017-8068

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

0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 40.5% 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

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

2017-04-23 05:37Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 16:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-04-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

eca310dd31b525dbdc2ddeaa16dff0e1fc9c852a3ab772780104f8f729140653

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5593523f968bc86d42a035c6df47d5e0979b5acex_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5593523f968bc86d42a035c6df47d5e0979b5acex_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com98000http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98000vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170416 Silently (or obliviously) partially-fixed CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM bypasshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com98008http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98008vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11x_refsource_CONFIRM