CVE-2017-7273

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Published 2017-03-27 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

6.6

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.6

Description

The cp_report_fixup function in drivers/hid/hid-cypress.c in the Linux kernel 3.2 and 4.x before 4.9.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HID report.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

65%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 108 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
4.9.3	Affected	—
4.9.2	Affected	—
4.9.1	Affected	—
4.8.17	Affected	—
4.8.16	Affected	—
4.8.14	Affected	—
4.8.12	Affected	—
4.8.11	Affected	—
4.8.10	Affected	—
4.8.9	Affected	—
4.8.8	Affected	—
4.8.7	Affected	—
4.8.6	Affected	—
4.8.5	Affected	—
4.8.4	Affected	—
4.8.3	Affected	—
4.8.2	Affected	—
4.8.1	Affected	—
4.8	Affected	—
4.7.6	Affected	—
4.7.4	Affected	—
4.7	Affected	—
4.6.7	Affected	—
4.6.6	Affected	—
4.6.5	Affected	—
4.6.4	Affected	—
4.6.3	Affected	—
4.6.2	Affected	—
4.6	Affected	—
4.5.7	Affected	—
4.5.5	Affected	—
4.5.4	Affected	—
4.5.3	Affected	—
4.5.2	Affected	—
4.5.1	Affected	—
4.5.0	Affected	—
4.4.32	Affected	—
4.4.28	Affected	—
4.4.27	Affected	—
4.4.26	Affected	—
4.4.25	Affected	—
4.4.24	Affected	—
4.4.23	Affected	—
4.4.22	Affected	—
4.4.9	Affected	—
4.4.8	Affected	—
4.4.7	Affected	—
4.4.6	Affected	—
4.4.5	Affected	—
4.4.4	Affected	—
4.4.3	Affected	—
4.4.2	Affected	—
4.4.1	Affected	—
4.4.0	Affected	—
4.4	Affected	—
4.3.6	Affected	—
4.3.5	Affected	—
4.3.3	Affected	—
4.3.2	Affected	—
4.3.1	Affected	—
4.3.0	Affected	—
4.3	Affected	—
4.2.8	Affected	—
4.2.7	Affected	—
4.2.5	Affected	—
4.2.4	Affected	—
4.2.3	Affected	—
4.2.2	Affected	—
4.2.1	Affected	—
4.2.0	Affected	—
4.10.4	Affected	—
4.10.2	Affected	—
4.10.1	Affected	—
4.10	Affected	—
4.1.33	Affected	—
4.1.23	Affected	—
4.1.22	Affected	—
4.1.21	Affected	—
4.1.20	Affected	—
4.1.19	Affected	—
4.1.18	Affected	—
4.1.17	Affected	—
4.1.16	Affected	—
4.1.15	Affected	—
4.1.14	Affected	—
4.1.13	Affected	—
4.1.12	Affected	—
4.1.11	Affected	—
4.1.10	Affected	—
4.1.9	Affected	—
4.1.8	Affected	—
4.1.7	Affected	—
4.1.6	Affected	—
4.1.5	Affected	—
4.1.4	Affected	—
4.1.3	Affected	—
4.1.2	Affected	—
4.1.0	Affected	—
4.0.9	Affected	—
4.0.8	Affected	—
4.0.7	Affected	—
4.0.6	Affected	—
4.0.5	Affected	—
4.0.4	Affected	—
4.0.3	Affected	—
4.0.2	Affected	—
4.0.0	Affected	—
4.0	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.9.6-1`
sid	Fixed	`4.9.6-1`
forky	Fixed	`4.9.6-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`4.9.6-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.9.6-1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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