CVE-2018-16658 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2018-16658 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 07/09/2018 | CVE Updated: 05/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2018
Source: mitre | Vendor: n/a | Product: n/a
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2018-16658 Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940.

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).