CVE catalog
CVE-2017-16837
tboot: CVE-2017-16837
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.41% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tboot | sid | 1.10.5-5 | not affected |
| Debian | tboot | trixie | 1.10.5-5 | not affected |
| Debian | tboot | bookworm | 1.10.5-4 | not affected |
| Opensuse | tboot | tumbleweed | 20210614_1.10.2-2.2 | fixed |
| Suse | tboot | linux enterprise server 12 sp2 | 20160518_1.9.4-7.5.1 | fixed |
| Suse | tboot | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp2 | 20160518_1.9.4-7.5.1 | fixed |
| Suse | tboot | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 20160518_1.9.4-7.5.1 | fixed |
| Suse | tboot | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 20160518_1.9.4-7.5.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tboot | 16.04 | 1.8.3-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tboot | 18.04 | 1.9.6-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tboot | 20.04 | 1.9.7-0ubuntu1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tboot | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tboot | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tboot | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Opensuse | tboot | rpm | tumbleweed | 20210614_1.10.2-2.2 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11424-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | tboot | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp2 | 20160518_1.9.4-7.5.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | tboot | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp2 | 20160518_1.9.4-7.5.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | tboot | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 20160518_1.9.4-7.5.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | tboot | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 20160518_1.9.4-7.5.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tboot | deb | 20.04 | 1.9.7-0ubuntu1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16837 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [tboot]Not affected
Details (1)
1.10.5-4· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · tboot · debian · bookworm
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2017_3090-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16837]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11424-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16837]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-16837.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]