CVE-2017-1000371

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The offset2lib patch as used by the Linux Kernel contains a vulnerability, if RLIMIT_STACK is set to RLIM_INFINITY and 1 Gigabyte of memory is allocated (the maximum under the 1/4 restriction) then the stack will be grown down to 0x80000000, and as the PIE binary is mapped above 0x80000000 the minimum distance between the end of the PIE binary's read-write segment and the start of the stack becomes small enough that the stack guard page can be jumped over by an attacker. This affects Linux Kernel version 4.11.5. This is a different issue than CVE-2017-1000370 and CVE-2017-1000365. This issue appears to be limited to i386 based systems.

Published: 2017-06-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-1000371 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.43%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-1000371

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
42273 exploit_db edb 2017-06-28 Exploit-DB ↗
42276 exploit_db edb 2017-06-28 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-1000371

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.64% 2.43% -0.21%
2 2026-06-14 2.51% 2.64% +0.13%
3 2026-06-13 — 2.51% —

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-1000371

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-1000371

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-1000371

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-1000371 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000371
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000371
suse low CVE-2017-1000371 severity low: SUSE including 13 source package names (kernel-default, kernel-default-base, …), 132 product×package rows across 31 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (31 product lines)): Known Not Affected 132. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000371/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-1000371 medium priority: Ubuntu including 79 source packages (linux, linux-aws, …), 651 status rows across 11 suites (artful, bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 423, not-affected 118, released 90, ignored 20. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000371

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-1000371

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 4.1, < 4.1.43 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.2, < 4.4.78 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.5, < 4.9.39 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.10, < 4.11.12 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.12, < 4.12.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-1000371

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