What is CVE-2018-11508?

CVE-2018-11508 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200). CVE-2018-11508 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-11508?

CVE-2018-11508 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-11508?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2018-11508 patch availability.

Is CVE-2018-11508 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-11508 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Information Exposure (CWE-200)?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CVE-2018-11508

Medium

The compat_get_timex function in kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via adjtimex.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2018-05-28

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-200

CVE-2018-11508 is a Information Exposure vulnerability

What is Information Exposure?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

10 total

Bugs
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1574

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Exploit-DB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46208/

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95

Patch Vendor Advisory
Kernel.org
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.9

Release Notes Vendor Advisory
GitHub
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95

Patch Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2018-11508

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2018-05-28

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11508?

CVE-2018-11508 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as an Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200) . CVE-2018-11508 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-11508?

CVE-2018-11508 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-11508?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2018-11508 patch availability.
Is CVE-2018-11508 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2018-11508 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.