CVE-2017-18079 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2017-18079?

CVE-2017-18079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

drivers/input/serio/i8042.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because the port->exists value can change after it is validated.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18079?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18079?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-18079 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18079 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-2017-18079, GHSA-qvgp-3pf6-vxc6, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18079.