VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-9986

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-06-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The intr function in sound/oss/msnd_pinnacle.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-boundary access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing the value of a message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of that value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references