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CVE-2017-16644

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-388

Description

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 4.13.11

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101842
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/ngC5SLvxPm4/gduhCARhAwAJ
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9966135/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101842
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/ngC5SLvxPm4/gduhCARhAwAJ
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9966135/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073

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