CVE-2017-9985

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The snd_msndmidi_input_read function in sound/isa/msnd/msnd_midi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-boundary access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing the value of a message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of that value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-9985
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-06-28T06:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-24T18:38:41
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.11.7
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196133 Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99335
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e2b791796bd68816fa115f12be5320de2b8021
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e2b791796bd68816fa115f12be5320de2b8021
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9985
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9985
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:38:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 18:08:55 2017-06-28T06:29Z 2017-06-28T06:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 18:08:55 2018-08-24T10:29:03 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 18:08:55 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-16 19:06:30 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-24 19:06:38 2023-02-24T18:38:41 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-24 19:06:38 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated