CVE-2017-16650

Public on 2017-11-07
Modified on 2017-12-21
Description
The qmi_wwan_bind function in drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2017-12-21 ALAS-2017-937 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 6.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2017-16650 Mitre: CVE-2017-16650