CVE-2018-1124 (GCVE-0-2018-1124)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-23 13:00 – Updated: 2025-12-18 11:37
VLAI?
Summary
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.
Severity ?
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
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https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-14 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1777 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=conten… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2267 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2268 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1700 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UAD… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041057 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit… x_refsource_MISC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1944 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2401 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
[UNKNOWN] procps-ng Affected: procps-ng 3.3.15
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