Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-6554

Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket.
Published 2018-09-04 18:29:00
Updated 2019-10-09 23:41:55
Source Canonical Ltd.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2018-6554

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-6554

EPSS FAQ
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 8 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-6554

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.9
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
3.9
6.9
 NIST
5.5
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1.8
3.6
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2018-6554

  • The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
    Assigned by: security@ubuntu.com (Secondary)
  • The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2018-6554

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