What is CVE-2017-7496?

CVE-2017-7496 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Fedora-arm-installer, classified under CWE-391. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-7496?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Fedora-arm-installer

CVE-2017-7496

fedora-arm-installer up to and including 1.99.16 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to lack of checking the error condition of mount operation failure on unsafely created temporary directories.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Red Hat, Inc. Fedora-arm-installer — versions up to and including 1.99.16
Fedoraproject Arm_installer

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-391
CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7496?: CVE-2017-7496 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Fedora-arm-installer, classified under CWE-391. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-7496?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.