CVE-2017-9074

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Publication date:

19/05/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send system calls.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.2.89 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.16.44 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.17 (including)	3.18.56 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.19 (including)	4.1.42 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.2 (including)	4.4.71 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.5 (including)	4.9.31 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.10 (including)	4.11.4 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2017-9074

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools