CVE-2018-13406

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-13406
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-06 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-24 18:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn integer overflow in the uvesafb_setcmap function in drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.4 could result in local attackers being able to crash the kernel or potentially elevate privileges because kmalloc_array is not used.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch
Linux Kernel 'drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c' Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3752-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
video: uvesafb: Fix integer overflow in allocation · torvalds/linux@9f645bc · GitHub MISC github.com Patch
USN-3752-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1715-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel Integer Overflow in uvesafb_setcmap() Lets Local Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3752-3: Linux kernel (Azure, GCP, OEM) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3754-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3753-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3753-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.4 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670634 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2392)
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