What is CVE-2018-1120?

CVE-2018-1120 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10. CVE-2018-1120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-1120?

CVE-2018-1120 has a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-1120?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2018-1120 patch availability.

Is CVE-2018-1120 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-1120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2018-1120

Medium

A flaw was found affecting the Linux kernel before version 4.17. By mmap()ing a FUSE-backed file onto a process's memory containing command line arguments (or environment strings), an attacker can cause utilities from psutils or procps (such as ps, w) or any other program which makes a read() call to the /proc/<pid>/cmdline (or /proc/<pid>/environ) files to block indefinitely (denial of service) or for some controlled time (as a synchronization primitive for other attacks).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2018-06-20

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.3

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-122

CVE-2018-1120 is classified as CWE-122

See CWE-122 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

15 total

Seclists
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Exploit-DB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1120

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7f7ccc2ccc2e70c6054685f5e3522efa81556830

Patch Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104229

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2018-1120

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.3 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2018-06-20

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1120?

CVE-2018-1120 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10 . CVE-2018-1120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-1120?

CVE-2018-1120 has a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-1120?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2018-1120 patch availability.
Is CVE-2018-1120 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2018-1120 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.