VDB
CVE-2017-16837
CVE-2017-16837
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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 0.41% · 35.3th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.41%
35.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | tboot | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | tboot | 0, 1.9.6-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | tboot | 0, 1.8.3-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Nov 16, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 31, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 14, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 17, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16837 advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/tboot/code/ci/521c58e51eb5be105a29983742850e72c44ed80e/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16837 third-party-advisory