CVE-2017-16837

Published: Nov 16, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Trusted Boot Project: Trusted Boot

Trusted Boot Project

1 product

Trusted Boot

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Trusted Boot Project Trusted Boot	Version 1.9.6

Related CWEs

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (4)

https://sourceforge.net/p/tboot/code/ci/521c58e51eb5be105a29983742850e72c44ed80e/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentation/han

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceforge.net/p/tboot/code/ci/521c58e51eb5be105a29983742850e72c44ed80e/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentation/han

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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