CVE-2017-17855

Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—

Gravedad7.8Alta · CVSS 3.1

Probabilidad de explotación0.42 %mayor que el 35 % de las CVE

Explotación activaNono figura en el catálogo de CISA

Exploit públicoNo conocidosin código público localizado

kernel/bpf/verifier.c en el kernel de Linux, en versiones anteriores a la 4.14.8, permite que los usuarios locales provoquen una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria) o, posiblemente, causen otros impactos no especificados aprovechando un uso incorrecto de punteros en lugar de escalares.

CVSS

Puntuación base: 7.8
Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.42 %
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 35
Fecha de la puntuación: 21/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

Tecnologías afectadas (2)

Debian — Debian Linux Linux — Linux Kernel

CWE

CWE-119

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