CVE-2018-16885

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel that allows the userspace to call memcpy_fromiovecend() and similar functions with a zero offset and buffer length which causes the read beyond the buffer boundaries, in certain cases causing a memory access fault and a system halt by accessing invalid memory address. This issue only affects kernel version 3.10.x as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 3, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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