What is CVE-2017-18552?

CVE-2017-18552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-18552?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel

CVE-2017-18552

An issue was discovered in net/rds/af_rds.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11. There is an out of bounds write and read in the function rds_recv_track_latency.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (31.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18552?: CVE-2017-18552 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-18552?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.