CVE-2017-14140 — Vulnetix

CVE-2017-14140 PUBLISHED

The move_pages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR.

EPSS 0.07% · 21.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.07%

21.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	linux-realtime	0, 5.15.0-1032.35
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	linux-intel-iot-realtime	5.15.0-1073.75, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-aws	4.4.0-1003.12, 4.4.0-1035.44, 4.4.0-1032.41
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-xenial	4.4.0-92.115~14.04.1, 4.4.0-21.37~14.04.1, 4.4.0-22.39~14.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	linux-raspi2	5.4.0-1006.6, 0, 5.3.0-1017.19
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	linux-azure-fde	5.4.0-1092.97+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1091.96+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1090.95+cvm1.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-gke	4.4.0-1003.3, 4.4.0-1024.24, 4.4.0-1031.31
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	linux-gcp-6.11	6.11.0-1014.14~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-snapdragon	4.4.0-1073.78, 4.4.0-1076.81, 4.4.0-1072.77
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11	6.11.0-1009.10~24.04.1, ,
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-azure	4.11.0-1009.9, 4.11.0-1011.11, 4.11.0-1013.13
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux	4.4.0-47.68, 4.4.0-45.66, 4.4.0-43.63
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-raspi2	4.4.0-1023.29, 0, 4.2.0-1013.19
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	linux-riscv	5.15.0-1018.21, 5.15.0-1019.22, 5.15.0-1020.23
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS	linux-azure-fde-5.15	5.15.0-1096.105~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1097.106~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1098.107~20.04.1.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	linux-raspi-realtime	6.8.0-2019.20, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-gcp	4.10.0-1008.8, 4.10.0-1009.9, 4.10.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	linux-gke	5.4.0-1076.82, 5.4.0-1054.57, 5.4.0-1087.94
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	linux-hwe-6.11	6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1, 6.11.0-19.19~24.04.1, 6.11.0-26.26~24.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux	3.12.0-2.7, 3.12.0-1.3, 3.11.0-12.19

…and 4 more

Exploit Intelligence

Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass (github-poc)
Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass (github-poc)
Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass (github-poc)
Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass (github-poc)
Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass (github-poc)
Motorola Untethered Jailbreak: Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass (github-poc)
Motorola Untethered Jailbreak: Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass (github-poc)
Motorola Untethered Jailbreak: Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass (github-poc)
Motorola Untethered Jailbreak: Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass (github-poc)
Motorola Untethered Jailbreak: Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass (github-poc)

Timeline

Sep 5, 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 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14140 third-party-advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197e7e521384a23b9e585178f3f11c9fa08274b9 third-party-advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.9 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197e7e521384a23b9e585178f3f11c9fa08274b9 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3444-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3444-2 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-2 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14140 third-party-advisory

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