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CVE-2017-15102
- EPSS 0.11%
- Published 15.11.2017 21:29:00
- Last modified 20.04.2025 01:37:25
- Source secalert@redhat.com
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The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version < 4.8.1
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version5.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version6.0
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version12.04 SwEditionesm
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version14.04 SwEditionlts
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
| Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.11% | 0.301 |
| Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 6.3 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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| nvd@nist.gov | 6.9 | 3.4 | 10 |
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.