{"id":"CVE-2017-18079","details":"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-\u003eexists value can change after it is validated.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:31:28.633784Z","published":"2018-01-29T05:29:00.260Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2018:0437-1","SUSE-SU-2018:0525-1","SUSE-SU-2018:0555-1","SUSE-SU-2018:0660-1","SUSE-SU-2018:0841-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102895"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.4"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.94"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.3"},{"fixed":"3.16.49"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.17"},{"fixed":"3.18.63"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.19"},{"fixed":"4.1.44"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.2"},{"fixed":"4.4.79"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.5"},{"fixed":"4.9.40"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.10"},{"fixed":"4.12.4"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"12.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"14.04"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-18079.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}