Is CVE-2017-16997 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-16997 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-16997?

CVE-2017-16997 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-16997?

CVE-2017-16997 has an EPSS score of 2.70% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-16997?

Upgrade glibc on debian 11 to 2.25-6 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-16997

HIGHEPSS 84th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the "./" directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution.

CWE-426

How to fix

Remediation Available

glibcDebian

Fixed in:2.25-6CVE-2017-16997

eglibcUbuntu

Fixed in:2.19-0ubuntu6.14USN-3534-1

glibcUbuntu

Fixed in:2.23-0ubuntu10USN-3534-1

libc6Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.19-0ubuntu6.14USN-3534-1

Fixed in:2.23-0ubuntu10USN-3534-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.70%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Third-Party Advisory3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.