CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2018-16880
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7
EPSS
0.56%
Linux
Original NVD Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handle_rx() function in the [vhost_net] driver. A malicious virtual guest, under specific conditions, can trigger an out-of-bounds write in a kmalloc-8 slab on a virtual host which may lead to a kernel memory corruption and a system panic. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out. Versions from v4.16 and newer are vulnerable.
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