CVE-2018-18445

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 16
Modified
Published: 17 Oct 2018, 19:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 11:08

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.04% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Oct 2018, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 11:08
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel 4.14.x, 4.15.x, 4.16.x, 4.17.x, and 4.18.x before 4.18.13, faulty computation of numeric bounds in the BPF verifier permits out-of-bounds memory accesses because adjust_scalar_min_max_vals in kernel/bpf/verifier.c mishandles 32-bit right shifts.

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: 0.04%• Percentile: 14%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

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

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 4.14.9, < 4.14.75 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.18.13

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    7.0 | 7.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_aus

    7.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_eus

    7.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_tus

    7.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    7.0

References (13)