Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-17977
The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on CentOS 7.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 32.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.4
CVSS v2 Score 4.9
References
Products affected by CVE-2018-17977
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.67