CVE-2017-18079

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p35

Published

Jan 29, 2018 (Jan 29, 2018)

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.

Vendors: linux canonical
Products: linux kernel, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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