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CVE-2017-8831

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8831 is an out-of-bounds array access vulnerability in the Linux kernel's saa7164_bus_get function, affecting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions through kernel version 4.11.5. This vulnerability, rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.4), could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts due to a "double fetch" issue. While the attack vector is physical and complexity is high, the potential impact includes high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 152 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: realtime-kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-8831Low

kernel: Double fetch vulnerability in saa7164_bus_get function

Apr 24, 2017

References

bugzilla.kernel.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
github.com / stoth68000/media-tree/commit/354dd3924a2e43806774953de536257548b5002c
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3754-1
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/540770/30/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/99619
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry