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CVE-2017-16837

CVE-2017-16837 PUBLISHED

Certain function pointers in Trusted Boot (tboot) through 1.9.6 are not validated and can cause arbitrary code execution, which allows local users to overwrite dynamic PCRs of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) by hooking these function pointers.

EPSS 0.12% · 30.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.12%
30.2th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTStboot0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTStboot0, 1.9.6-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTStboot0, 1.8.3-0ubuntu1

Timeline

  • Nov 16, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
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  • Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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