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CVE-2017-8831

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Date: May 8, 2017

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (11)

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195559
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8831
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-8831
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99619
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540770/30/0/threaded
https://github.com/stoth68000/media-tree/commit/354dd3924a2e43806774953de536257548b5002c
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8831
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8831
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-8831

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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