CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-7541

7.8 HIGH Published 2017-07-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-07-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME Netlink packet.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 3.9 < 3.10.108) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.16.48) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.62) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.43) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.78) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.39) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.11.12) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.12 < 4.12.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References