7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-18445
Linux Kernel BPF Verifier Out-of-Bounds Memory Access Vulnerability
Description

In the Linux kernel 4.14.x, 4.15.x, 4.16.x, 4.17.x, and 4.18.x before 4.18.13, faulty computation of numeric bounds in the BPF verifier permits out-of-bounds memory accesses because adjust_scalar_min_max_vals in kernel/bpf/verifier.c mishandles 32-bit right shifts.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 17, 2018, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 17, 2023, 9:34 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-18445 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 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
6 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
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-2018-18445.

URL Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b799207e1e1816b09e7a5920fbb2d5fcf6edd681 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0512 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0514 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1686 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.75 Release Notes Patch Third Party Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.13 Release Notes Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b799207e1e1816b09e7a5920fbb2d5fcf6edd681 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38456756 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3832-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3835-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/ Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-18445 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
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 17, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38456756 No Types Assigned https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38456756 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.14 up to (excluding) 4.14.75 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.15 up to (including) 4.15.18 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.16 up to (including) 4.16.18 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.17 up to (including) 4.17.9 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.18 up to (excluding) 4.18.13 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.14.9 up to (excluding) 4.14.75 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.15 up to (excluding) 4.18.13
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38456756 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0514 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0514 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0512 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0512 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 14, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0514 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0512 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 07, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1686 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1686 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.75 No Types Assigned https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.75 Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.13 No Types Assigned https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.13 Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b799207e1e1816b09e7a5920fbb2d5fcf6edd681 No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b799207e1e1816b09e7a5920fbb2d5fcf6edd681 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3835-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3835-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b799207e1e1816b09e7a5920fbb2d5fcf6edd681 No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b799207e1e1816b09e7a5920fbb2d5fcf6edd681 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3832-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3832-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.14 up to (excluding) 4.14.75 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.15 up to (including) 4.15.18 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.16 up to (including) 4.16.18 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.17 up to (including) 4.17.9 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.18 up to (excluding) 4.18.13
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3835-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3832-1/ [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-2018-18445 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-2018-18445 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} 0.02%

score

0.26690

percentile

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