CVE-2018-6337 (GCVE-0-2018-6337)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-31 22:00 – Updated: 2025-05-06 16:39
VLAI?
Summary
folly::secureRandom will re-use a buffer between parent and child processes when fork() is called. That will result in multiple forked children producing repeat (or similar) results. This affects HHVM 3.26 prior to 3.26.3 and the folly library between v2017.12.11.00 and v2018.08.09.00.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-212 - Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data (CWE-212)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Facebook HHVM Affected: 3.26.3
Affected: 3.26.0 , < unspecified (custom)
Unaffected: unspecified , < 3.26.0 (custom)
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    Facebook folly Affected: v2018.08.09.00
Affected: v2017.12.11.00 , < unspecified (custom)
Unaffected: unspecified , < v2017.12.11.00 (custom)
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