CVE-2017-6899

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 6.2
Description
The msm_bus_dbg_update_request_write function in drivers/platform/msm/msm_bus/msm_bus_dbg.c in android_kernel_huawei_msm8916 through 2017-06-16 in LineageOS, and possibly other kernels for MSM devices, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and device crash) via a crafted /sys/kernel/debug/msm-bus-dbg/client-data/update-request write request.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-6899
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-06-16T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-05T18:12:50
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:lineageos:lineageos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2017-06-16
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.2
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.5
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://blog.secret-team.cn/index.php/archives/5/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99107 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6899
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6899
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:39:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:56:20 2017-06-16T17:29Z 2017-06-16T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:56:20 2017-07-05T18:12:50 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:56:20 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated