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CVE-2018-1108
kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs,…
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 23% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 months later
· 6 months 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
References
9
- USN-3752-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3752-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3718-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 104055 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-4188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3718-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3752-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1108 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220701 [SECURITY] [DLA 3065-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2018-11754 (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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