Linux Foundation Linux Kernel

CVE-2018-5803
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.83 % · percentile 57 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
flexera
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be exploited to cause a kernel crash.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux Foundation · Linux Kernelaffected Before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102.

Sources

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