CVE-2018-8822 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Kernel
CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer20 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV5.5OSV4.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 20
Latest updateMay 14
Description
Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.11, and in drivers/staging/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel 4.16-rc through 4.16-rc6, could be exploited by malicious NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or execute code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
7GHSA▶
GHSA-h62p-crx4-36fq: Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel↗2022-05-14