CVE-2018-10938

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-08-27 13:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 07:54Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-05-09

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

48ac0804f239564a20a5084ef7e8687fc26bd93db5890c5f3fa57e599969ff13

• seclists.org[oss-security] 20180827 CVE-2018-10938: Linux kernel: net: infinite loop in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c:cipso_v4_optptr() allows a remote DoShttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/179mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3797-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3797-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3797-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3797-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=40413955ee265a5e42f710940ec78f5450d49149x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181003 [SECURITY] [DLA 1531-1] linux-4.9 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securitytracker.com1041569http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041569vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10938x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com105154http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105154vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-4308https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN