VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9074

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-19
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

The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send system calls.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references