CVE-2017-5548: Detailed Vulnerability Analysis and Overview

Status: Modified - Last modified: 21-11-2024 Published: 06-02-2017

CVE-2017-5548
Vulnerability Scoring

7.8
/10

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low Impact
  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Privileges Required: Low Impact
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • User Interaction: NONE

CIA Impact Definition

  • Confidentiality: HIGH IMPACT
  • Integrity: HIGH IMPACT
  • Availability: HIGH IMPACT

CVE-2017-5548 Vulnerability Summary

drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 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.

Access Complexity Graph for CVE-2017-5548

Impact Analysis for CVE-2017-5548

CVE-2017-5548: Detailed Information and External References

EPSS

0.00042

EPSS %

0.05073

References

0.00042

CWE

CWE-119

CAPEC

0.00042

Vulnerable Configurations

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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