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CVE-2018-10940
The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows local attackers to use a…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.53%
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- mitre
Description
The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- USN-3676-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3083 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180714 [SECURITY] [DLA 1422-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3695-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3695-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9de4ee40547fd315d4a0ed1dd15a2fa3559ad707 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180715 [SECURITY] [DLA 1422-2] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180601 [SECURITY] [DLA 1392-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3754-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180718 [SECURITY] [DLA 1423-1] linux-4.9 new package (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2948 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9de4ee40547fd315d4a0ed1dd15a2fa3559ad707 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3676-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 104154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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