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CVE-2018-1108
kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs,…
Medium5.9EPSS 1.7%
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- redhat
Description
kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% 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 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
References (9)
- USN-3752-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3752-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3718-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 104055 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-4188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3718-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3752-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1108 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220701 [SECURITY] [DLA 3065-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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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