CVE-2016-7914
Published Nov 16, 2016
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 does not check whether a slot is a leaf, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and out-of-bounds read) via an application that uses associative-array data structures, as demonstrated by the keyutils test suite.
- Source
- security@android.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.1
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-125
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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