CVE-2018-1068 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Kernel
Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 16
Latest updateMay 14
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux 4.x kernel's implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages8 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, Enterprise Linux 7.6, 7.5