CVE-2017-16534

medium
Published 2017-11-04 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The cdc_parse_cdc_header function in drivers/usb/core/message.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
67%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16534

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16534.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/nXnjqI73uPo/6sUyq6kqAgAJ

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e1c42391ff2556387b3cb6308b24f6f65619feb

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.14-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.13.10-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.13.10-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.13.10-1
debian debiansidfixed4.13.10-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.13.10-1
linux linux-kernelaffected4.4.92

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.