CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-8087

Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.

4.9 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51 Patch
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103397 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-4/ Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-03-13 06:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-8087

Mitre link : CVE-2018-8087

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-772