CVE-2017-14991 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel heap-memory locations via an SG_GET_REQUEST_TABLE ioctl call for /dev/sg0.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101187
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14991
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14991

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-03T07:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:42:22.551Z

Reserved: 2017-10-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-14991

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-04T01:29:03.183

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-14991

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14991 - Bugzilla

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