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CVE-2017-7541

Date: July 24, 2017

The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME Netlink packet.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (21)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99955

Url: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049645

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7541

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473198

Url: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01

Url: https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg180994.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.3

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7541

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/24/2

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2863

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8f44c9a41386729fea410e688959ddaa9d51be7c

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2931

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2930

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7541

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8f44c9a41386729fea410e688959ddaa9d51be7c

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038981

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2918

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7541

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-7541

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
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:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2017-7541

Date: July 24, 2017

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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