CVE-2017-16528
medium
CVSS v3
6.6
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.6
Description
sound/core/seq_device.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (snd_rawmidi_dev_seq_free use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
65%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 4.1.47 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 16.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 4.14-1 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.13.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.13.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.13.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.13.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.13.4-1 |
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc27fe7e8deef2f37cba3f2be2d52b6ca5eb9d57
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/kuZzDHGkQu8/5du20rZEAAAJ
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16528.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16528
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.