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CVE-2018-16658

CVSS v3.0 6.1 (Medium)
61% Progress
CVSS v2.0 3.6 (Low)
36% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 3
Advisories 33
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An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940.

Weaknesses
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Related CVEs
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2018-09-07 14:29:03
(6 years ago)
Updated Date
2019-08-06 17:15:28
(5 years ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Debian

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 4.18.6 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 4.18.6

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Debian Linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
  Debian Linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0