VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-17741

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-12-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory, aka a write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references