5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2018-8087

Published: 13/03/2018 Updated: 03/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 437
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel up to and including 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.

Vulnerability Trend

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linux linux kernel

debian debian linux 9.0

canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

canonical ubuntu linux 16.04

canonical ubuntu linux 17.10

canonical ubuntu linux 18.04

Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (C ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks CVE-2017-5715 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in various processors supporting speculative execution, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to read mem ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a memory leak in the drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsimc:hwsim_new_radio_nl() function An attacker could exploit this to cause a potential denial of service ...