CVE-2017-18079

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 29, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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