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Vulnerability details: VCID-p6ry-h5jh-2qgp
Vulnerability ID VCID-p6ry-h5jh-2qgp
Aliases CVE-2017-9985
Summary The snd_msndmidi_input_read function in sound/isa/msnd/msnd_midi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-boundary access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing the value of a message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of that value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9985.json
epss 0.00046 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9985
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-331
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-554
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-555
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-556
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9985.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9985
1470213 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470213
AVG-331 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-331
AVG-554 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-554
AVG-555 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-555
AVG-556 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-556
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9985.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

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high

low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.1452
EPSS Score 0.00046
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:42:48.432922+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0