CVE-2017-18360 (GCVE-0-2017-18360)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-31 09:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:20
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Summary
In change_port_settings in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3, local users could cause a denial of service by division-by-zero in the serial device layer by trying to set very high baud rates.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2019-01-31 00:00
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