CVE-2017-16996
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16996
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16996.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16996
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:15:49.738610Z
- Published
- 2017-12-27T17:08:17Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:15:49.738610Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging register truncation mishandling.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102267
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958