CVE-2017-1000377

5.9 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.9) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in the size of the default stack guard page on PAX Linux (originally from GRSecurity but shipped by other Linux vendors), specifically the default stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be "jumped" over (the stack guard page is bypassed), this affects PAX Linux Kernel versions as of June 19, 2017 (specific version information is not available at this time).

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-06-19
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

linux:linux_kernel

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99129
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000377
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99129
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000377

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