CVE-2017-18551 — Out-of-bounds Write in Kernel

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Linux KernelDebian LinuxOpensuse Leap
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
Latest updateMay 24

Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.15. There is an out of bounds write in the function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 4.14.15
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 4.14.17-1+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 4.14.17-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8w7h-gmqf-263p: An issue was discovered in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2017-18551: An issue was discovered in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus↗2019-08-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: out of bounds write in function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c↗2019-08-18
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Debian
CVE-2017-18551: linux - An issue was discovered in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c in the Linux kernel befo...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18551 kernel: out of bounds write in function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c↗2019-10-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18551 kernel: out of bounds write in function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c [fedora-all]↗2019-10-01
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