CVE-2018-10902CWE-416

It was found that the raw midi kernel driver does not protect against concurrent access which leads to a double realloc (double free) in…

High · published August 21, 2018

CVSS v3.0
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

It was found that the raw midi kernel driver does not protect against concurrent access which leads to a double realloc (double free) in snd_rawmidi_input_params() and snd_rawmidi_output_status() which are part of snd_rawmidi_ioctl() handler in rawmidi.c file. A malicious local attacker could possibly use this for privilege escalation.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00523 · 43.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2018-08-21T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 AUG 19:00Z
    It was found that the raw midi kernel driver does not protect against concurrent access which leads to a double realloc (double free) in…
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