Buffer overflow in Procps-Ng Project
CVE-2018-1125
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow in pgrep. This vulnerability is mitigated by FORTIFY, as it involves strncat() to a stack-allocated string. When pgrep is compiled with FORTIFY (as on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora), the impact is limited to a crash.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Procps-Ng Project
- [Unknown] Procps-Ng, Procps — versions procps-ng 3.3.15
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1125?
- CVE-2018-1125 is a high-severity vulnerability in Procps-Ng Project, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-05-23.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1125?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-1125 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.