Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

41 Linux Kernel CVEs in July 2018

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In July 2018, 41 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 11 were rated High severity and 29 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. July's 41 CVEs represent 24% of all 2018 Linux kernel CVEs , up from June's 12 (a 242% month-over-month increase) .

41
Total CVEs
0
Critical
11
High
29
Medium
1
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — July 2018 41 CVEs
All (41) Critical (0) High (11) Medium (29) Low (1)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2017-7518 linux High 7.8 2018-07-30 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before version 4.12 in the way the KVM module processed the trap flag(TF) bit in E…
CVE-2017-7482 linux High 7.8 2018-07-30 In the Linux kernel before version 4.12, Kerberos 5 tickets decoded when using the RXRPC keys incorrectly assumes the s…
CVE-2018-14734 linux High 7.8 2018-07-29 drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.11 allows ucma_leave_multicast to access a certain data…
CVE-2018-14678 linux High 7.8 2018-07-28 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.11, as used in Xen through 4.11.x. The xen_failsafe_callback e…
CVE-2018-10878 linux High 7.8 2018-07-26 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write and a denial of s…
CVE-2018-10901 linux High 7.8 2018-07-26 A flaw was found in Linux kernel's KVM virtualization subsystem. The VMX code does not restore the GDT.LIMIT to the pre…
CVE-2018-10879 linux High 7.8 2018-07-26 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry…
CVE-2018-13406 linux High 7.8 2018-07-06 An integer overflow in the uvesafb_setcmap function in drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.4 …
CVE-2018-13405 linux High 7.8 2018-07-06 The inode_init_owner function in fs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16 allows local users to create files with an…
CVE-2017-2634 linux High 7.5 2018-07-27 It was found that the Linux kernel's Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) implementation before 2.6.22.17 used t…
CVE-2017-7558 linux High 7.5 2018-07-26 A kernel data leak due to an out-of-bound read was found in the Linux kernel in inet_diag_msg_sctp{,l}addr_fill() and s…
CVE-2018-10840 linux Medium 6.6 2018-07-16 Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function. An a…
CVE-2018-10877 linux Medium 6.5 2018-07-18 Linux kernel ext4 filesystem is vulnerable to an out-of-bound access in the ext4_ext_drop_refs() function when operatin…
CVE-2018-10883 linux Medium 5.5 2018-07-30 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_d…
CVE-2018-14609 linux Medium 5.5 2018-07-27 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is an invalid pointer dereference in __del_reloc_roo…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in July 2018?

41 Linux kernel CVEs were published in July 2018, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 11 High, and 29 Medium.

How does July 2018 compare to other months?

July 2018's 41 CVEs represent 24% of all 2018 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to June's 12 CVEs, this was a 242% increase month-over-month. View the full 2018 breakdown →

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