CVE-2017-7541

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

25/07/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME Netlink packet.

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::::::::	3.9 (including)	3.10.108 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.11 (including)	3.16.48 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.17 (including)	3.18.62 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.19 (including)	4.1.43 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.2 (including)	4.4.78 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.5 (including)	4.9.39 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.10 (including)	4.11.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.12 (including)	4.12.3 (excluding)

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CVE-2017-7541

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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