VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-18386

CVSS score3.3 LOW
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-10-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.11 allows local attackers (who are able to access pseudo terminals) to hang/block further usage of any pseudo terminal devices due to an EXTPROC versus ICANON confusion in TIOCINQ.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Primary references