7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-1123
procps-ng Denial of Service MPEG
Description

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow. Inbuilt protection in ps maps a guard page at the end of the overflowed buffer, ensuring that the impact of this flaw is limited to a crash (temporary denial of service).

INFO

Published Date :

May 23, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:55 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-1123 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1123 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Procps_project procps
1 Procps-ng_project procps-ng
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-1123.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1123 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1123 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1123 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-122
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt No Types Assigned https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1123 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1123 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:procps-ng_project:procps-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.3.15
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 25, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-1123 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-1123 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.57 }} -0.35%

score

0.75323

percentile

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