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CVE-2018-8043

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 2.1 (Low)
21% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 38
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The unimac_mdio_probe function in drivers/net/phy/mdio-bcm-unimac.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.8 does not validate certain resource availability, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).

Weaknesses
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2018-03-10 22:29:00
(6 years ago)
Updated Date
2019-03-04 19:11:06
(5 years ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.15.8 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.15.8

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  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 17.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10