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CVE-2017-16837 Details

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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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://sourceforge.net/p/tboot/code/ci/521c58e51eb5be105a29983742850e72c44ed80e/ CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentation/han CVE
https://sourceforge.net/p/tboot/code/ci/521c58e51eb5be105a29983742850e72c44ed80e/ [email protected]Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentation/han [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
trusted boot project trusted boot
1.9.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:trusted_boot_project:trusted_boot:1.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-16837
NVD Published Date:
Nov 16, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-16837 Details - Not Deferred