CVE-2017-5549
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5549
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5549.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5549
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-06T06:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The klsi105getlinestate function in drivers/usb/serial/kl5kusb105.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 places uninitialized heap-memory contents into a log entry upon a failure to read the line status, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=146cc8a17a3b4996f6805ee5c080e7101277c410
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95715
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/146cc8a17a3b4996f6805ee5c080e7101277c410
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416114
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/