5.5

CVE-2017-18360: canonical ubuntu_linux Divide By Zero

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-18360DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18360
Published 31-01-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-18360 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Divide By Zero vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2
RHSA-2018:3083RHSA-2018:3096SUSE-SU-2019:13979-1USN-3933-1

Timeline

  1. 31-01-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In change_port_settings in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3, local users could cause a denial of service by division-by-zero in the serial device layer by trying to set very high baud rates.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.43% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu13 products
  • linux< 3.13.0-168.218 | < 4.4.0-83.106
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1022.31
  • linux-azure-fdeAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-gcp< 4.13.0-1002.5
  • linux-gkeAll versions (No fix recorded)
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • linux< 4.9.30-1
Linux1 product

4 vendors · 16 products

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