CVE-2017-18550 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel before version 4.13, specifically within the aacraid SCSI driver. It involves the potential exposure of kernel stack memory due to the aac_get_hba_info function failing to initialize the hbainfo structure. This local vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) could lead to high confidentiality impact, allowing an attacker with local privileges to potentially read sensitive kernel memory. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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