{"id":"CVE-2017-18079","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18079","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:47:42.034Z","title":"drivers/input/serio/i8042.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because the port->exists value can change after it is…","description":"drivers/input/serio/i8042.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because the port->exists value can change after it is validated.","published":"2018-01-29T05:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:12:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00418,"percentile":0.35897,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102895","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.4","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102895","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.4","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18079","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}