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CVE-2018-6554
Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.51%
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Description
Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket.
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)
- 0.51% · top 57% of all CVEs (3 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
- affected before 4.17
References (13)
- USN-3776-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3776-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3777-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3775-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181003 [SECURITY] [DLA 1531-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [stable] 20180904 [PATCH 1/2] irda: Fix memory leak caused by repeated binds of irda socket (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4308 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 105302 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3775-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3777-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3777-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190315 [SECURITY] [DLA 1715-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [stable] 20180904 [PATCH 1/2] irda: Fix memory leak caused by repeated binds of irda socket (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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