VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-5390

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability71.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Linux kernel versions 4.9+ can be forced to make very expensive calls to tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() for every incoming packet which can lead to a denial of service.

Weakness classification

  • cret@cert.org: CWE-400
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-400

Primary references