CVE-2018-6555
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6555
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6555.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-6555
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-09-04T18:29:00.470Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T22:54:02.872961Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The irdasetsockopt function in net/irda/afirda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/afirda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (iasobject use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an AF_IRDA socket.
- References
-
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105304
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255035.html
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255031.html
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6555.json"
unresolved_ranges
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