CVE-2018-6554
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.5)—
Fuga de memoria en la función irda_bind en net/irda/af_irda.c y siguientes en drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c en el kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a la 4.17 permite que usuarios locales provoquen una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) enlazando repetidamente un socket AF_IRDA.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.51%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 41
- Fecha de la puntuación: 9/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-400
- CWE-772
Referencias
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.html
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105302
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255030.html
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255034.html
JSON original (NVD)
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