7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2018-7566
Linux Kernel SNDRV Seq Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

The Linux kernel 4.15 has a Buffer Overflow via an SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by a local user.

INFO

Published Date :

March 30, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:12 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-7566 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 Suse linux_enterprise_server
2 Suse linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Oracle communications_eagle_application_processor
: Total Affected Vendor : 6 | Products : 12
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2018-7566 vulnerability.
There is no known solution at this time.
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-2018-7566.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-03/msg00067.html Third Party Advisory
http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2018-February/132026.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103605 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2384 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2395 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1483
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1487
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1550142 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d15d662e89fc667b90cd294b0eb45694e33144da Patch Vendor Advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-03/msg00067.html Third Party Advisory
http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2018-February/132026.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103605 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2384 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2395 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1483
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1487
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1550142 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d15d662e89fc667b90cd294b0eb45694e33144da Patch Vendor Advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-7566 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-2018-7566 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-26: Leveraging Race Conditions Leveraging Race Conditions CAPEC-29: Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-7566 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-03/msg00067.html
    Added Reference http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2018-February/132026.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103605
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2384
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2395
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1483
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1487
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1550142
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d15d662e89fc667b90cd294b0eb45694e33144da
    Added Reference https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-119 CWE-362 CWE-119
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1483 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1487 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 07, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_eagle_application_processor:16.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_eagle_application_processor:16.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 No Types Assigned https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103605 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103605 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2384 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2384 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2395 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2395 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration 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:*:*:*
    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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103605 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2395 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2384 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2018-February/132026.html No Types Assigned http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2018-February/132026.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d15d662e89fc667b90cd294b0eb45694e33144da No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d15d662e89fc667b90cd294b0eb45694e33144da Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1550142 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1550142 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-03/msg00067.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-03/msg00067.html Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.6
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

0.08 }} 0.05%

score

0.24891

percentile