What is CVE-2018-6412?

CVE-2018-6412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-6412?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Linux Kernel

CVE-2018-6412

In the function sbusfb_ioctl_helper() in drivers/video/fbdev/sbuslib.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15, an integer signedness error allows arbitrary information leakage for the FBIOPUTCMAP_SPARC and FBIOGETCMAP_SPARC commands.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.023 (81.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6412?: CVE-2018-6412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-6412?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.