CVE-2018-1108

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 21 May 2018, 21:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 03:51

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
v3.0 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.46% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 May 2018, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 03:51
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.46%• Percentile: 64%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-330•Use of Insufficiently Random Values

    The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    16.04 | 18.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

  • kernel•drivers

    kernel 4.17-rc1

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.16

References (9)