CVE-2018-16276

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 22
Modified
Published: 31 Aug 2018, 16:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 10:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Aug 2018, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 10:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in yurex_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7. Local attackers could use user access read/writes with incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 24%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 2.6.37, < 3.16.58 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.18.116 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.4.141 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.113 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.56 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.17.7

References (14)