CVE-2018-14641
A security flaw was found in the ip_frag_reasm() function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel from 4.19-rc1 to 4.19-rc3 inclusive, which can cause a later system crash in ip_do_fragment().
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.86%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A security flaw was found in the ip_frag_reasm() function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel from 4.19-rc1 to 4.19-rc3 inclusive, which can cause a later system crash in ip_do_fragment(). With certain non-default, but non-rare, configuration of a victim host, an attacker can trigger this crash remotely, thus leading to a remote denial-of-service.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.86% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-456, CWE-20
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14641Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d407b071dc369c26a38398326ee2be53651cfe4Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/248Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14641Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d407b071dc369c26a38398326ee2be53651cfe4Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/248Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.