CVE-2017-16996

2017-12-2210:00:00

debian

www.cve.org

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Linux kernel through 4.14.8",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "Linux kernel through 4.14.8"
      }
    ]
  }
]