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CVE-2017-0861
Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel allows attackers to gain privileges…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.44%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By google_android
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected Android kernel
References
22
- RHSA-2018:3083 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-4187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3617-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3619-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3617-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3583-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3632-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2390 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3583-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [secure-testing-commits] 20171206 r58306 - data/CVE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180502 [SECURITY] [DLA 1369-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3617-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3619-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 102329 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=362bca57f5d78220f8b5907b875961af9436e229 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0861 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-1215 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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