Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

11 Linux Kernel CVEs in September 2018

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

August 2018 October 2018

In September 2018, 11 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 7 were rated High severity and 4 Medium. CVE-2018-14634 was confirmed as actively exploited in the wild and added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. September's 11 CVEs represent 6% of all 2018 Linux kernel CVEs , up from August's 10 (a 10% month-over-month increase) .

11
Total CVEs
0
Critical
7
High
4
Medium
0
Low
1
KEV Exploited

Actively Exploited CVEs — September 2018

1 CVE in CISA KEV

CVE-2018-14634 is the only Linux kernel CVE from September 2018 confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. It carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High severity) and is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE ID Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2018-14634 High KEV 7.8 2018-09-25 An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's create_elf_tables() function. An unprivile…
KEV data sourced from CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
All CVEs — September 2018 11 CVEs
All (11) Critical (0) High (7) Medium (4) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2018-14634 linux High KEV 7.8 2018-09-25 An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's create_elf_tables() function. An unprivileged local user with …
CVE-2018-17182 linux High 7.8 2018-09-19 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.18.8. The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandles…
CVE-2018-10853 linux High 7.8 2018-09-11 A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel KVM hypervisor before 4.18 emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrs…
CVE-2018-6555 linux High 7.8 2018-09-04 The irda_setsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel …
CVE-2018-5391 linux High 7.5 2018-09-06 The Linux kernel, versions 3.9+, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially modified packe…
CVE-2018-14633 linux High 7.0 2018-09-25 A security flaw was found in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in the Linux kernel in a w…
CVE-2018-14625 linux High 7.0 2018-09-10 A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from w…
CVE-2018-16658 linux Medium 6.1 2018-09-07 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/c…
CVE-2018-14641 linux Medium 5.9 2018-09-18 A security flaw was found in the ip_frag_reasm() function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel from 4.19-rc1 t…
CVE-2018-16597 linux Medium 5.5 2018-09-21 An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by …
CVE-2018-6554 linux Medium 5.5 2018-09-04 Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linu…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in September 2018?

11 Linux kernel CVEs were published in September 2018, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 7 High, and 4 Medium.

Which Linux kernel CVEs from September 2018 are actively exploited?

1 Linux kernel CVE from September 2018 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: CVE-2018-14634 (CVSS 7.8) . This indicates confirmed active exploitation in the wild. View all actively exploited 2018 CVEs →

How does September 2018 compare to other months?

September 2018's 11 CVEs represent 6% of all 2018 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to August's 10 CVEs, this was a 10% increase month-over-month. View the full 2018 breakdown →

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