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CVE-2017-16837

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.41% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
arbitrary code execution code execution

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CVE
CVE-2017-16837
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.41%

Original NVD Description

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.

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