CVE-2017-18551 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated function within the i2c-core-smbus.c driver of the Linux kernel before version 4.14.15, affecting various Linux distributions including openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) for a local attacker (AV:L) to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.14.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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