{"cve":"CVE-2017-7397","nvd":{"published":"2017-04-03T20:59:00.200","modified":"2026-06-17T01:24:16.130","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"references":["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/"],"products":["backbox:backbox_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:42:09.859288039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-7397","score":0.11066,"percentile":0.95917,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}