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CVE-2018-14625

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.33%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-09-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2018-14625
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.33%
Linux

Original NVD Description

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from within a vm guest. A race condition between connect() and close() function may allow an attacker using the AF_VSOCK protocol to gather a 4 byte information leak or possibly intercept or corrupt AF_VSOCK messages destined to other clients.

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