CVE-2017-10810

Linux Kernel vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.8%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_object_create function in drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering object-initialization failures.

Affected vendor

Linux

Affected product

Linux Kernel

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Published

2017-07-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

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