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CVE-2017-12188

CVE-2017-12188 PUBLISHED

arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.5, when nested virtualisation is used, does not properly traverse guest pagetable entries to resolve a guest virtual address, which allows L1 guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS or cause a denial of service (incorrect index during page walking, and host OS crash), aka an "MMU potential stack buffer overrun."

EPSS 0.05% · 17.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.05%
17.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.15.0-1008.8, 0, 5.15.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe-edge5.0.0-19.20~18.04.1, *, 5.0.0-15.16~18.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime5.15.0-1073.75, 0
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.4.0-39.44, 0, 5.4.0-28.32
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-azure0, 4.11.0-1013.13, 4.11.0-1011.11
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.4.0-1085.90+cvm2.1, 5.4.0-1080.83+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1078.81+cvm1.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure4.15.0-1008.8, 4.15.0-1012.12, 4.15.0-1013.13
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime0, 5.15.0-1032.35
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe5.3.0-75.71, 5.3.0-68.63, *
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp4.15.0-1014.14, 0, 4.15.0-1001.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gcp4.10.0-1007.7, 4.10.0-1006.6, 4.10.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi25.3.0-1015.17, 5.3.0-1007.8, 0
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtime0, 6.8.0-2019.20
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke5.4.0-1078.84, 5.4.0-1081.87, 5.4.0-1083.89
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-oem4.15.0-1091.101, 0, 4.15.0-1002.3
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe*, *, *

Timeline

  • Oct 11, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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