VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-18710
An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc 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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.50%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.19. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc 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 and CVE-2018-16658.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4f3aa2e1e67bb48dfbaaf1cad59013d5a5bc276Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106041Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4f3aa2e1e67bb48dfbaaf1cad59013d5a5bc276Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3846-1/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/3848-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3848-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e4f3aa2e1e67bb48dfbaaf1cad59013d5a5bc276Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106041Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e4f3aa2e1e67bb48dfbaaf1cad59013d5a5bc276Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3846-1/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/3848-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3848-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.