VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-16276
Local attackers could use user access read/writes with incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.44%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in yurex_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7. Local attackers could use user access read/writes with incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.44% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106095Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115593Issue Tracking
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.7Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106095Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115593Issue Tracking
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.7Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.