5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-21008
RSI Linux Wireless Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.16.7. A use-after-free can be caused by the function rsi_mac80211_detach in the file drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 4, 2019, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 24, 2019, 3:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-21008 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 Linux linux_kernel

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-21008 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]

    Mar. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.7 No Types Assigned https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.7 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=abd39c6ded9db53aa44c2540092bdd5fb6590fa8 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=abd39c6ded9db53aa44c2540092bdd5fb6590fa8 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.16.7
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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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

0.27417

percentile

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