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CVE-2017-16646

• 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-476

Description

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG 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/101846
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/-d6ilzbVu_g/OBy8_62mAwAJ
• https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/45291/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101846
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/-d6ilzbVu_g/OBy8_62mAwAJ
• https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/45291/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/

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