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medium 6.6

CVE-2017-16644 json

The hdpvr_probe function in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial o…

published 2017-11-07 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7831

cvss
6.6
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The hdpvr_probe function in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (improper error handling and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.14.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16644

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-157.207
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-208.240
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1126.140
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1091.100
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1150.161

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16644

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-69.24.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-69.24.1
  • kernel-rt_trace SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-69.24.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-69.24.1
  • kernel-ec2 SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.22.1
  • kernel-pae SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.22.1
  • kernel-xen SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.22.1
  • kernel-syms SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.22.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1309-1SUSE-SU-2018:1172-1SUSE-SU-2018:1080-1SUSE-SU-2018:0986-1SUSE-SU-2018:0848-1SUSE-SU-2018:0834-1

  • linux-lts Arch Linux 4.9.82-1
  • linux Arch Linux 4.16-1
  • linux-zen Arch Linux 4.16.1-1
  • linux-hardened Arch Linux 4.16.5.a-1

arch linux advisories AVG-566AVG-567AVG-572AVG-573

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-16644 updated cvss 4.6

kernel: Improper error handling in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
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References

Sources

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