Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

5 Linux Kernel CVEs in November 2018

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In November 2018, 5 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated High severity and 4 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. November's 5 CVEs represent 3% of all 2018 Linux kernel CVEs , down from October's 10 (a 50% month-over-month decrease) .

5
Total CVEs
0
Critical
1
High
4
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — November 2018 5 CVEs
All (5) Critical (0) High (1) Medium (4) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2018-18955 linux High 7.0 2018-11-16 In the Linux kernel 4.15.x through 4.19.x before 4.19.2, map_write() in kernel/user_namespace.c allows privilege escala…
CVE-2018-14646 linux Medium 5.5 2018-11-26 The Linux kernel before 4.15-rc8 was found to be vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference bug in the __netlink_ns_capab…
CVE-2018-16862 linux Medium 5.5 2018-11-26 A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in a way that the cleancache subsystem clears an inode after the final fi…
CVE-2018-19406 linux Medium 5.5 2018-11-21 kvm_pv_send_ipi in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.2 allows local users to cause a denial of serv…
CVE-2018-19407 linux Medium 5.5 2018-11-21 The vcpu_scan_ioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.2 allows local users to cause a de…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in November 2018?

5 Linux kernel CVEs were published in November 2018, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 1 High, and 4 Medium.

How does November 2018 compare to other months?

November 2018's 5 CVEs represent 3% of all 2018 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to October's 10 CVEs, this was a 50% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2018 breakdown →

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