{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "not yet assigned"
      },
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        "ecosystem": "Debian:11",
        "name": "linux"
      },
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              "introduced": "0"
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        }
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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "not yet assigned"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
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              "introduced": "0"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "not yet assigned"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:13",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "not yet assigned"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:14",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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  "details": "The mm_init function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the -\u003eexe_file member of a new process's mm_struct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program.",
  "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17052",
  "modified": "2026-06-15T18:48:43.905117667Z",
  "published": "2017-11-29T03:29:00.267Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17052"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-17052"
  ]
}