CVE-2018-9516
Public on 2018-11-06
Modified on 2019-09-19
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the hid_debug_events_read() function in the drivers/hid/hid-debug.c file. A lack of the certain checks may allow a privileged user ("root") to achieve an out-of-bounds write and thus receiving user space buffer corruption.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2019-09-13 | ALAS-2019-1278 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | kernel | 2019-09-13 | ALAS2-2019-1278 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 3.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |