CVE-2017-8831
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.4 · Out-of-bounds read
6.4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The saa7164_bus_get function in drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing a certain sequence-number value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorPhysical
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/stoth68000/media-tree/commit/354dd3924a2e43806774953de536257548b5002c ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/stoth68000/media-tree/commit/354dd3924a2e43806774953de536257548b5002cPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540770/30/0/threadedAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99619Advisory
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195559
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/Advisory