CVE-2018-17977
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17977
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-17977.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-17977
- Downstream
- Published
- 2018-10-08T17:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTOAH packets, and IPPROTOIP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on CentOS 7.
- References