CVE-2017-5550
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5550
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5550.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5550
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-02-06T06:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Off-by-one error in the pipeadvance function in lib/ioviter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect buffer-release decision.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95716
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9dc6f65bc5e232d1c05fe34b5daadc7e8bbf1fb
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416116