CVE-2017-8062

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 4.9.16 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dw2102.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.4 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel 4.9 - 4.9.16
Published Apr 23, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026