CVE-2018-12896

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Publication date:

02/07/2018

Last modified:

03/04/2019

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. An Integer Overflow in kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the POSIX timer code is caused by the way the overrun accounting works. Depending on interval and expiry time values, the overrun can be larger than INT_MAX, but the accounting is int based. This basically makes the accounting values, which are visible to user space via timer_getoverrun(2) and siginfo::si_overrun, random. For example, a local user can cause a denial of service (signed integer overflow) via crafted mmap, futex, timer_create, and timer_settime system calls.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

2.10

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		4.17.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		4.17.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

CVE-2018-12896

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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