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CVE-2018-20169

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9.

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 48%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.58% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.16.8CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • usn.ubuntu.com /3879-2/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • git.kernel.org /cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca4 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3879-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • cdn.kernel.org /pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.9 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /torvalds/linux/commit/704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cf · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4094-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4118-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:3309 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:3517 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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