VYPR
High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-7482

CVE-2017-7482

Description

In the Linux kernel before version 4.12, Kerberos 5 tickets decoded when using the RXRPC keys incorrectly assumes the size of a field. This could lead to the size-remaining variable wrapping and the data pointer going over the end of the buffer. This could possibly lead to memory corruption and possible privilege escalation.

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