CVE-2017-11473 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2017-11473?

CVE-2017-11473 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Jul 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel through 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11473?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-11473?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-11473 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11473 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11473, GHSA-97j5-9xxv-78pq, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11473.