What is CVE-2018-1125?

CVE-2018-1125 is a high-severity vulnerability in Procps-ng_project Procps-ng, 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.

Buffer overflow in Procps-ng_project Procps-ng

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 Enterpr…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.022 (80.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Procps-ng_project Procps-ng
[Unknown] Procps-ng, Procps — versions procps-ng 3.3.15
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1125?: CVE-2018-1125 is a high-severity vulnerability in Procps-ng_project Procps-ng, 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.