CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-5703

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2018-01-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-01-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (slab out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving TLS.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.13 < 4.14.86) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.15.8)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References