CVE-2017-11473

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 20 Jul 2017, 04:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 18:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 Jul 2017, 04:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 18:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel through 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 26%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-120•Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

    The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.2.95 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.16.50 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.18.63 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.1.44 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.79 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.40 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.12.4

References (7)