CVE-2018-8822

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

20/03/2018

Last modified:

17/06/2026

Description

Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.11, and in drivers/staging/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel 4.16-rc through 4.16-rc6, could be exploited by malicious NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or execute code.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.12 (including)	3.2.102 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.16.57 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.17 (including)	3.18.103 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.19 (including)	4.1.52 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.2 (including)	4.4.125 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.5 (including)	4.9.91 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.10 (including)	4.14.31 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.15 (including)	4.15.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:rc::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:rc5::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:rc6::::::

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

CVE-2018-8822

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools