CVE-2018-1124CWE-122CWE-190
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function
High · published May 23, 2018
What it is
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.0
- 7.3 · HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.01901 · 79.4th percentile
- Weaknesses
- CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow; CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- Published
- 2018-05-23T13:00Z
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