VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-1123

CVSS score3.9 LOW
EPSS probability8.90%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-05-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Description

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow. Inbuilt protection in ps maps a guard page at the end of the overflowed buffer, ensuring that the impact of this flaw is limited to a crash (temporary denial of service).

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Primary references