Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Red Hat fedora-arm-installer
Priority LOW 30CWE-391Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
fedora-arm-installer up to and including 1.99.16 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation due to lack of checking the error condition of mount operation failure on unsafely created temporary directories.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00262 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | fedora-arm-installer | up to and including 1.99.16 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- fedora-arm-installer VendorRed Hat Affected up to and including 1.99.16 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:arm_installer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.99.16 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:arm_installer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.99.16 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7496
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c5w8-cwh4-jh73
References
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Sources
- CVE-2017-7496 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7496 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c5w8-cwh4-jh73 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-7496 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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