CVE-2018-7740

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) via a crafted application that makes mmap system calls and has a large pgoff argument to the remap_file_pages system call.

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-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 7, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2018

CVE-2018-77416.1Eramba e1.0.6.033 has Reflected XSS in the Date Filter via the created parameter to the /crons URI.CVE-2018-77457.5An issue was discovered in Western Bridge Cobub Razor 0.7.2. Authentication is not required for /index.php?/install/installation/createuseriCVE-2018-77468.8An issue was discovered in Western Bridge Cobub Razor 0.7.2. Authentication is not required for /index.php?/manage/channel/modifychannel. FoCVE-2018-77474.8Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Caldera Forms plugin before 1.6.0-rc.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inCVE-2018-77488.8report_viewer.do in ServiceNow Release Jakarta Patch 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via '${xyz}' Glide ScriCVE-2018-77499.8The SSH server implementation of AsyncSSH before 1.12.1 does not properly check whether authentication is completed before processing other CVE-2018-77509.8transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko before 1.17.6, 1.18.x before 1.18.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, 2.1.x before 2.1.5, 2.2.xCVE-2018-77516.5The svg_probe function in libavformat/img2dec.c in FFmpeg through 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Infinite Loop)CVE-2018-77527.8GPAC through 0.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow in the gf_media_avc_read_sps function in media_tools/av_parsers.c, a different vulnerability than CCVE-2018-77539.8An issue was discovered in Bleach 2.1.x before 2.1.3. Attributes that have URI values weren't properly sanitized if the values contained chaCVE-2018-77545.5The aoedisk_debugfs_show function in drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c in the Linux kernel through 4.16.4rc4 allows local users to obtain sensitiveCVE-2018-77555.5An issue was discovered in the fd_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7. The floppy driver will
CVE-2018-7740: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix