CVE-2018-16658
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 6.1
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.55%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 44
- Score date: 10/9/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-200
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8f3fafc9c2f0ece10832c25f7ffcb07c97a32ad4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105334
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4154
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8f3fafc9c2f0ece10832c25f7ffcb07c97a32ad4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3797-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3797-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8f3fafc9c2f0ece10832c25f7ffcb07c97a32ad4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105334
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4154
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8f3fafc9c2f0ece10832c25f7ffcb07c97a32ad4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3797-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3797-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3822-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
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