CVE-2017-8831

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.11.5 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule

Description

The saa7164_bus_get function in drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing a certain sequence-number value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540770/30/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99619

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195559

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/stoth68000/media-tree/commit/354dd3924a2e43806774953de536257548b5002c

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.2%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.11.5

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Published May 08, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026