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CVE-2018-10938

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 5.00%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-08-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.9. It affects Linux. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2018-10938
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
5.00%
Linux

Original NVD Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel present since v4.0-rc1 and through v4.13-rc4. A crafted network packet sent remotely by an attacker may force the kernel to enter an infinite loop in the cipso_v4_optptr() function in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c leading to a denial-of-service. A certain non-default configuration of LSM (Linux Security Module) and NetLabel should be set up on a system before an attacker could leverage this flaw.

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