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CVE-2017-14497 Details

Description

The tpacket_rcv function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 mishandles vnet headers, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow, and disk and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fd	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492593	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/476	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fd	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150394500728906&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://marc.info/?t=150394517700001&r=1&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100871	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039371	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fd	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492593	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/476	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fd	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150394500728906&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://marc.info/?t=150394517700001&r=1&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100871	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039371	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	>= 4.6, < 4.9.51 >= 4.10, < 4.12.14
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 19, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 7, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 6, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 21, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 21, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 16, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]