CVE-2018-1108CWE-330

kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data

Medium · published May 21, 2018

CVSS v3.0
5.9
EPSS
2%
Percentile
77.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01731 · 77.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-330 · Use of Insufficiently Random Values
Published
2018-05-21T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 MAY 21:00Z
    kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data
    cvelistv5