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01 Record

CVE-2018-14625

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from within a vm guest. A race condition between connect() and close() function may

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score5.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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02 Description

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from within a vm guest. A race condition between connect() and close() function may

03 Exploitation and scoring

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
0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 27.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-09-10 13:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 09:29Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-07-27
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
  • CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
Data version
5.1
Document digest
a9b85334a179262c982770c473fc09946d05f9ccd93f2425704e5613804f52c7

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
[UNKNOWN]kernelNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • linux
    Fixed in 4.19.9-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • linux
    Fixed in 4.19.9-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • linux
    Fixed in 4.19.9-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • linux-azure
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1037.39~14.04.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • linux-aws-hwe
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1032.34~16.04.1
  • linux-azure
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1037.39~16.04.1
  • linux-gcp
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1027.28~16.04.1
  • linux-hwe
    Fixed in 4.15.0-45.48~16.04.1
  • linux-oracle
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1008.10~16.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • linux
    Fixed in 4.15.0-44.47
  • linux-aws
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1032.34
  • linux-azure
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1037.39
  • linux-gcp
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1027.28
  • linux-gcp-edge
    No fix yet
  • linux-hwe
    Fixed in 4.18.0-14.15~18.04.1
  • linux-kvm
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1029.29
  • linux-oem
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1033.38
  • linux-oracle
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1008.10
  • linux-raspi2
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1031.33

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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