CVE-2017-7487

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 18
Modified
Published: 14 May 2017, 22:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 16:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability -0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 May 2017, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 16:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The ipxitf_ioctl function in net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a failed SIOCGIFADDR ioctl call for an IPX interface.

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: 0.08%• Percentile: 24%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-416•Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.2.89 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.16.44 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.18.55 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.1.41 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.70 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.30 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.11.3

References (8)