Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2017-18075

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.

  • Published: Jan 24, 2018
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-18075
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 4.2 4.4.111
linux / linux_kernel 4.5 4.9.76
linux / linux_kernel 4.10 4.14.13
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04 14.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 16.04 16.04.x