CVE-2017-5717
Type Confusion in Content Protection HECI Service in Intel Graphics Driver allows unprivileged...
Type Confusion in Content Protection HECI Service in Intel Graphics Driver allows unprivileged user to elevate privileges via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Type Confusion in Content Protection HECI Service in Intel Graphics Driver allows unprivileged user to elevate privileges via local access.
- Record
CVE-2017-5717- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-704
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Type Confusion in Content Protection HECI Service in Intel Graphics Driver allows unprivileged user to elevate privileges via local access.
- Record
CVE-2017-5717- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14794 No score
Type Confusion in Content Protection HECI Service in Intel Graphics Driver allows unprivileged user to elevate privileges via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2017-14794- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p7rr-mjwc-j7xm
Type Confusion in Content Protection HECI Service in Intel Graphics Driver allows unprivileged...
Type Confusion in Content Protection HECI Service in Intel Graphics Driver allows unprivileged user to elevate privileges via local access.
- Record
GHSA-p7rr-mjwc-j7xm- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-704
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Intel Content Protection HECI Service - Type Confusion Privilege Escalation | 2017-12-19 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-5717 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Intel Graphics Driver, published December 12, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.44%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.