CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-7542

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2017-07-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-07-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-190, CWE-835

Description

The ip6_find_1stfragopt function in net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) by leveraging the ability to open a raw socket.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.12.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References