CVE-2018-14625

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    CVE-2018-14625

    Published: 10 Sept 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from within a vm guest. A race condition between connect() and close() function may allow an attacker using the AF_VSOCK protocol to gather a 4 byte information leak or possibly intercept or corrupt AF_VSOCK messages destined to other clients.

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3872-1/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043, https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bd391451452fb0b93039, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3878-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3878-2/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4154, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14625

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High