CVE-2018-168805.9MediumCWE-787

CVE-2018-16880: The Linux Foundation kernel vulnerability

The Linux Foundation · kernel

Vendor fix available · Affected: The Linux Foundation kernel · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.6%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

47th percentile

050100

Higher than 47% of scored CVEs

5.9MediumCVSS 3.0

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handle_rx() function in the [vhost_net] driver. A malicious virtual guest, under specific conditions, can trigger an out-of-bounds write in a kmalloc-8 slab on a virtual host which may lead to a kernel memory corruption and a system panic. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out. Versions from v4.16 and newer are vulnerable.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

The Linux Foundation · kernelfrom v4.16 and newer

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Out-of-bounds Write · Memory Corruption
Vendor: The Linux Foundation
Published: January 2019
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), January 2019

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