CVE-2018-1000199
The Linux Kernel version 3.18 contains a dangerous feature vulnerability in modify_user_hw_breakpoint() that can result in crash and…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 32% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Linux Kernel version 3.18 contains a dangerous feature vulnerability in modify_user_hw_breakpoint() that can result in crash and possibly memory corruption. This attack appear to be exploitable via local code execution and the ability to use ptrace. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in git commit f67b15037a7a50c57f72e69a6d59941ad90a0f0f.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References15
- DSA-4187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1347 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1348 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-4188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1354 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1040806 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1355 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1345 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1318 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1374 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20180406 [PATCH 3.18 40/93] perf/hwbp: Simplify the perf-hwbp code, fix documentation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180502 [SECURITY] [DLA 1369-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3641-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3641-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-1874 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-1000199)Record last updated .