CVE-2018-5873

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7
Description
An issue was discovered in the __ns_get_path function in fs/nsfs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11. Due to a race condition when accessing files, a Use After Free condition can occur. This also affects all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-07-05.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-5873
  • Assigner
  • product-security@qualcomm.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-07-06T19:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-08-29T13:49:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin Third Party Advisory
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=34742aaf7cb16c95edba4a7afed6d2c4fa7e434b Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34 Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5873
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5873
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:38:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 09:12:44 security.cna@qualcomm.com product-security@qualcomm.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-03 09:12:44 2018-07-06T19:29Z 2018-07-06T19:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 09:12:44 2018-08-29T13:49:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 09:12:44 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated