VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-8063

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-04-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/cxusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.12 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Primary references