What is CVE-2018-1166?

CVE-2018-1166 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joyent Smartos, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-1166?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Joyent Smartos

CVE-2018-1166

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Joyent SmartOS release-20170803-20170803T064301Z. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.004 (31.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Joyent Smartos — versions release-20170803-20170803T064301Z
Joyent Smartos — versions 20170803

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1166?: CVE-2018-1166 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joyent Smartos, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-1166?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.