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CVE-2017-18075

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.41% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-01-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2017-18075
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.41%
Linux

Original NVD Description

crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.13 mishandles freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AF_ALG-based AEAD interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD) and pcrypt (CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCRYPT) to cause a denial of service (kfree of an incorrect pointer) or possibly have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls.