What is CVE-2018-11232?

CVE-2018-11232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-11232?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Linux Kernel

CVE-2018-11232

The etm_setup_aux function in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) because a parameter is incorrectly used as a local variable.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11232?: CVE-2018-11232 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-11232?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.