{"id":"CVE-2018-6554","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6554","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:02:09.750Z","title":"Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket.","description":"Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket.","published":"2018-09-04T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:02:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@ubuntu.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-400","CWE-772"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","canonical/ubuntu linux","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00506,"percentile":0.43005,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6554","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}