CVE-2017-14991

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel heap-memory locations via an SG_GET_REQUEST_TABLE ioctl call for /dev/sg0.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-14991
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-10-04T01:29:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-08-24T10:29:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.13.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.4 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101187 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14991
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14991
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:38:57 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:38:24 2017-10-04T01:29Z 2017-10-04T01:29:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 21:38:24 2018-08-24T10:29:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 21:38:24 Modified Vulnerability Status updated