CVE-2017-12153

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Publication date:

21/09/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

4.40

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

4.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		4.13.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::

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

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		4.13.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::

CVE-2017-12153

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools