CVE-2017-8106

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

The handle_invept function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel 3.12 through 3.15 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a single-context INVEPT instruction with a NULL EPT pointer.

EPSS Score: 0.00038 (0.106)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

NULL Pointer Dereference

ADVISORY - redhat

NULL Pointer Dereference


NIST

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2017-8106
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CVSS SCORE

5.5medium

Debian

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2017-8106
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Ubuntu

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2017-8106
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

5.5medium

Red Hat

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2017-8106
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.1

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CVSS SCORE

7.7medium