Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-17855
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper use of pointers in place of scalars.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 19.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14
Products affected by CVE-2017-17855
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.8