CVE-2018-6554 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2018-6554 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 04/09/2018 | CVE Updated: 17/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2018
Source: canonical | Vendor: Linux Kernel | Product: Linux Kernel
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2018-6554 Description

Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-400
CWE Name: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ( Resource Exhaustion )
Source: Linux Kernel

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).