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CVE-2017-14140

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 2.1 (Low)
21% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 14
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The move_pages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR.

Weaknesses
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2017-09-05 06:29:00
(7 years ago)
Updated Date
2018-04-12 01:29:02
(6 years ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.12.8 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.12.8