CVE-2017-5550
Linux Kernel Pipe Off-by-One Information Leak Vulnerability
Description
Off-by-one error in the pipe_advance function in lib/iov_iter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect buffer-release decision.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 6, 2017, 6:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:27 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2017-5550 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE-2017-5550 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 09, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95716 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95716 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Patch Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416116 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416116 Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 No Types Assigned http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-200 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 07, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95716 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-5550 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile