CVE-2018-16658

Published Sep 7, 2018

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.1
Impact score
4.2
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.6
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-200

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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