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CVE-2017-8071

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.40% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-04-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

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

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CVE
CVE-2017-8071
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.40%
Linux

Original NVD Description

drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 uses a spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID request callback, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.