| CVE-2017-12153 | Date: (C)2017-09-22 (M)2024-04-19 |
A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 4.4 | CVSS Score : 4.9 |
| Exploit Score: 0.8 | Exploit Score: 3.9 |
| Impact Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: 6.9 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: LOW |
| Privileges Required: HIGH | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: NONE |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: NONE |
| Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: NONE | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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