CVE-2017-18595

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 26
Modified
Published: 04 Sept 2019, 20:33
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 21:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.13% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Sept 2019, 20:33
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 21:28
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.14.11. A double free may be caused by the function allocate_trace_buffer in the file kernel/trace/trace.c.

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: 0.13%• Percentile: 32%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-415•Double Free

    The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 3.10, < 3.16.55 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.18.91 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.1.50 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.109 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.74 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.11

  • opensuse•leap

    15.0 | 15.1

References (4)