Vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Scale

CVE-2018-1782

IBM GPFS (IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.1.0 and 5.0.1.1) allows a local, unprivileged user to cause a kernel panic on a node running GPFS by accessing a file that is stored on a GPFS file system with mmap, or by executing a crafted file stored on…

EPSS: 0.003 (25.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1782?
CVE-2018-1782 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Scale. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-1782?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-1782 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.