CVE-2018-6555

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.50%

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

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CVE

CVE-2018-6555

Severity

HIGH

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

0.50%

Linux

Original NVD Description

The irda_setsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (ias_object use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an AF_IRDA socket.