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Vulnerability details: VCID-wy8t-nmph-tbgn
Vulnerability ID VCID-wy8t-nmph-tbgn
Aliases CVE-2017-9986
Summary The intr function in sound/oss/msnd_pinnacle.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-2017-9986.json
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9986
cvssv2 4.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 4.7 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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-2017-9986.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9986
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1470211 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470211
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-2017-9986.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

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.2776
EPSS Score 0.00103
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:42:48.484174+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0