CVE-2017-8831

low-risk
Published 2017-05-08

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.09% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.4/10 Medium
PHYSICAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Linux Debian Canonical

References (12)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540770/30/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99619
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195559
Patch https://github.com/stoth68000/media-tree/commit/354dd3924a2e43806774953de5362575...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540770/30/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99619
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195559
Patch https://github.com/stoth68000/media-tree/commit/354dd3924a2e43806774953de5362575...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
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low-risk
Severity 17/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low