CVE-2018-8087

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-8087
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-03-13T06:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-772 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/772.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.15.9
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51 Patch
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103397 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-4/ Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8087
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8087
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:44:22 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 03:18:39 2018-03-13T06:29Z 2018-03-13T06:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 03:18:39 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 03:18:39 Modified Vulnerability Status updated