Is CVE-2017-6964 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-6964 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-6964?

CVE-2017-6964 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-6964?

CVE-2017-6964 has an EPSS score of 0.47% (37th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6964?

Upgrade eject on ubuntu 14.04 to 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-6964

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

dmcrypt-get-device, as shipped in the eject package of Debian and Ubuntu, does not check the return value of the (1) setuid or (2) setgid function, which might cause dmcrypt-get-device to execute code, which was intended to run as an unprivileged user, as root. This affects eject through 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1 on Debian, eject before 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.10.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, eject before 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.04.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, eject before 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and eject before 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-9ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

CWE-252

How to fix

Remediation Available

ejectUbuntu

Fixed in:2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3246-1

Fixed in:2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3246-1

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 RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.47%probability of exploitation in 30 days

37thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 37% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

ubuntu.com

Third-Party Advisory4

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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.