CVE-2018-20169

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

0.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 47.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/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.

Published

2018-12-17 06:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 11:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-12-17

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6e52617e47b86c68cb297d4e6dc749c96ac41c81a7abb8415b958d4d091ab5ed

• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3879-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cfx_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3879-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• cdn.kernel.orghttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.9x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cfx_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190327 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190401 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-2] linux regression updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190503 [SECURITY] [DLA 1771-1] linux-4.9 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4094-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4118-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:3309https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:3517https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT