CVE-2017-16837

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p35

Published

Nov 16, 2017 (Nov 16, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: trusted boot project
Products: trusted boot
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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