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CVE-2018-20169

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.59% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-12-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2018-20169
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
0.59%
Linux

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.