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CVE-2017-16996

Date: December 22, 2017

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 register truncation mishandling.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16996
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102267
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-16996

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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