CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Remediation Deadline: Sep 30, 2024
Description
Linux kernel contains a position-independent executable (PIE) stack buffer corruption vulnerability in load_elf_ binary() that allows a local attacker to escalate privileges.
EPSS — Exploit Probability
Higher than 98.0% of all CVEs
Required Action
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000253
Risk Assessment
CRITICALDetails
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 54.2%
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Known
- Articles
- 0
Timeline
Published
Sep 9, 2024
Added to KEV
Sep 9, 2024
Remediation Due
Sep 30, 2024