CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-1124

7.8 HIGH Published 2018-05-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-05-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-122, CWE-190, CWE-787

Description

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.

Affected configurations

• procps-ng project procps-ng (< 3.3.15) • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 17.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.5 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0 • schneider-electric struxureware data center expert (< 7.6.0) • opensuse leap 15.0 • opensuse leap 15.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (3)

  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References