CVE-2017-8924

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 4.6
Description
The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-8924
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-12T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-04-16T14:28:19
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-191 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/191.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.10.3
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • PHYSICAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=654b404f2a222f918af9b0cd18ad469d0c941a8e Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98451 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8924
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8924
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:43:39 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 16:56:18 2017-05-12T21:29Z 2017-05-12T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 16:56:18 2019-04-16T14:28:19 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 16:56:18 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated