In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: pegasus-notetaker - fix potential out-of-bounds access In the pegasus_notetaker driver, the pegasus_probe() function allocates the URB transfer buffer using the wMaxPacketSize value from the endpoint descriptor. An attacker can use a malicious USB descriptor to force the allocation of a very small buffer. Subsequently, if the device sends an interrupt packet with a specific pattern (e.g., where the first byte is 0x80 or 0x42), the pegasus_parse_packet() function parses the packet without checking the allocated buffer size. This leads to an out-of-bounds memory access.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68217 is rated Low Risk (8.2/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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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 | 2026-05-14 | 0.06% | 0.03% | -0.03% |
| 2 | 2026-01-18 | 0.02% | 0.06% | +0.04% |
| 3 | 2025-12-17 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
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| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-68217 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68217 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68217 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2025-68217 severity moderate: SUSE including 471 source package names (13.2-9.1:libsystemd0-254.23-1.1, 13.2-9.1:libudev1-254.23-1.1, …), 1119 product×package rows across 200 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (200 product lines)): Fixed 643, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 220, First Fixed 25. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68217/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-68217 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 179, released 160, needed 45, not-affected 8, pending 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68217 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||