VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-6555

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The irda_setsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (ias_object use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an AF_IRDA socket.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references