CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-18386

3.3 LOW Published 2018-10-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-10-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-704

Description

drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.11 allows local attackers (who are able to access pseudo terminals) to hang/block further usage of any pseudo terminal devices due to an EXTPROC versus ICANON confusion in TIOCINQ.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 4.14.11) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast weakness

References