CVE-2017-18079

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 29 Jan 2018, 05:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 21:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability +0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Jan 2018, 05:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 21:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

drivers/input/serio/i8042.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because the port->exists value can change after it is validated.

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: 0.06%• Percentile: 20%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.2.94 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.16.49 | ≥ 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 (6)