{
    "id": "CVE-2017-7397",
    "published": "2017-04-03 20:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:24:16",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-400",
    "description": "BackBox Linux 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ksoftirqd CPU consumption) via a flood of packets with Martian source IP addresses (as defined in RFC 1812 section 5.3.7). This product enables net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians by default.  NOTE: the vendor reports \"It has been proved that this vulnerability has no foundation and it is totally fake and based on false assumptions.",
    "epss_score": "0.11066",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95800",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:19",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "backbox",
            "product": "backbox_linux"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "41781",
            "title": "BackBox OS - Denial of Service",
            "date": "2017-04-02",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361",
        "https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked",
        "https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001",
        "https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-denial-of-service/msg10218",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/",
        "http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26361",
        "https://backbox.org/portal/blog/false-cve-backbox-46-unmasked",
        "https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017040001",
        "https://forum.backbox.org/security-advisories/waiting-verification-backbox-os-denial-of-service/msg10218",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41781/"
    ]
}