CVE-2017-8890

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 47
Modified
Published: 10 May 2017, 16:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 16:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.4% LOW
0% probability -0.09%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 May 2017, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 16:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The inet_csk_clone_lock function in net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the accept system call.

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: 0.40%• Percentile: 61%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-415•Double Free

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

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.2.89 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.10.106 | ≥ 3.11, < 3.16.44 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.18.56 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.1.42 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.71 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.31 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.11.4

References (9)