Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

10 Linux Kernel CVEs in August 2018

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In August 2018, 10 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 6 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. August's 10 CVEs represent 2% of all 2018 Linux kernel CVEs , down from July's 84 (a 88% month-over-month decrease) .

10
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
6
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — August 2018 10 CVEs
All (10) Critical (0) High (4) Medium (6) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2018-16276 linux High 7.8 2018-08-31 An issue was discovered in yurex_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7. Local attackers co…
CVE-2018-14619 linux High 7.8 2018-08-30 A flaw was found in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel before version kernel-4.15-rc4. The "null skcipher" was be…
CVE-2018-15471 linux High 7.8 2018-08-17 An issue was discovered in xenvif_set_hash_mapping in drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.1…
CVE-2018-5390 linux High 7.5 2018-08-06 Linux kernel versions 4.9+ can be forced to make very expensive calls to tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() and tcp_prune_ofo_que…
CVE-2018-15572 linux Medium 6.5 2018-08-20 The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 does not alwa…
CVE-2018-10938 linux Medium 5.9 2018-08-27 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel present since v4.0-rc1 and through v4.13-rc4. A crafted network packet sent remote…
CVE-2018-15594 linux Medium 5.5 2018-08-20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 mishandles certain indirect calls, which makes it easier f…
CVE-2018-7754 linux Medium 5.5 2018-08-10 The aoedisk_debugfs_show function in drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c in the Linux kernel through 4.16.4rc4 allows local user…
CVE-2018-5953 linux Medium 5.5 2018-08-07 The swiotlb_print_info function in lib/swiotlb.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.14 allows local users to obtain sensi…
CVE-2018-5995 linux Medium 5.5 2018-08-07 The pcpu_embed_first_chunk function in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.14 allows local users to obtain sen…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2018?

10 Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2018, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 4 High, and 6 Medium.

How does August 2018 compare to other months?

August 2018's 10 CVEs represent 2% of all 2018 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to July's 84 CVEs, this was a 88% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2018 breakdown →

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