CVE-2018-1124

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.3
EPSS: EPSS 1.90 % · percentile 80 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2018-05-23
Updated: 2025-12-18
Assigner: redhat
NVD status: Modified

Description

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.0	HIGH 7.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	redhat
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.0	HIGH 7.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-11768
GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-1124

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2019-AVI-014 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Juniper · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:procps-ng_project:procps-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 3.3.15
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:struxureware_data_center_expert:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 7.6.0
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
[UNKNOWN] · procps-ng	affected procps-ng 3.3.15

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD