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CVE-2018-16658
published 2018-09-07

CVE-2018-16658: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local…

PriorityP424medium6.1CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCLINAH
EPSS
0.55%
43.1th percentile
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940.

Affected

22 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 4.18.6-1 (bookworm)linux 4.18.6-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux< linux 4.18.20-1 (bookworm)linux 4.18.20-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel< 4.18.64.18.6
linuxlinux_kernel<= 4.19
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.18.20-14.18.20-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.18.6-14.18.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.18.20-14.18.20-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.18.6-14.18.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.18.20-14.18.20-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.18.6-14.18.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.18.20-14.18.20-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.18.6-14.18.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.13.0-162.2123.13.0-162.212
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-138.1644.4.0-138.164
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-39.424.15.0-39.42

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.03.6LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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