VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-18551

An issue was discovered in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.15.

MEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.43%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.15. There is an out of bounds write in the function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated.

CVSS 3.1: 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.43% probability · 38th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-787
Affected: linux/linux kernel · opensuse/leap
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=89c6efa61f5709327ecfa24bff18e57a4e80c7faPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K48073202?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=89c6efa61f5709327ecfa24bff18e57a4e80c7faPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K48073202?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.