CVE-2017-16994

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 16
Modified
Published: 27 Nov 2017, 19:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 20:43

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
33/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
4.8% LOW
5% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
4 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Nov 2017, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 20:43
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The walk_hugetlb_range function in mm/pagewalk.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.2 mishandles holes in hugetlb ranges, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel memory via crafted use of the mincore() system call.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 4.80%• Percentile: 90%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 4.14.2

References (13)