The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.
Published 2017-05-11 19:29:00
Updated 2023-02-12 23:30:04
Source Red Hat, Inc.
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Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2017-7472

Threat overview for CVE-2017-7472

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2017-7472
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49152
IPs affected by CVE-2017-7472 24,267
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-7472

0.76%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 71 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2017-7472

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.9
MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
3.9
6.9
NIST
5.5
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1.8
3.6
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2017-7472

References for CVE-2017-7472

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