CVE-2017-17741

LOW

Description

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory, aka a write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102227

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00004.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082

https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg160796.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-12-18

Updated: 2018-04-25

Type: CWE-125

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: LOW

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 6.5

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

Impact Score: 4

Exploitability Score: 2

Severity: MEDIUM