CVE-2017-5123 (GCVE-0-2017-5123)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-02 22:05 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Insufficient data validation in waitid allowed an user to escape sandboxes on Linux.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- Insufficient data validation
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://crbug.com/772848 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/t… | x_refsource_MISC |
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