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CVE-2018-16276
published 2018-08-31

CVE-2018-16276: 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…

PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.44%
36.2th percentile
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.

Affected

20 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 4.17.8-1 (bookworm)linux 4.17.8-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.17.8-14.17.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.17.8-14.17.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.17.8-14.17.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.17.8-14.17.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.13.0-164.2143.13.0-164.214
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-137.1634.4.0-137.163
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-43.464.15.0-43.46
linuxlinux_kernel>= 2.6.37 < 3.16.583.16.58
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.17 < 3.18.1163.18.116
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.19 < 4.4.1414.4.141
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.10 < 4.14.564.14.56
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15 < 4.17.74.17.7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.5 < 4.9.1134.9.113

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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