CVE-2018-8087

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 13 Mar 2018, 06:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 06:46

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.0 (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

13 Mar 2018, 06:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 06:46
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.04%• Percentile: 14%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-772•Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 17.10 | 18.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.15.9

References (14)