CVE-2018-11508
The compat_get_timex function in kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 23% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The compat_get_timex function in kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via adjtimex.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Linux Kernel 4.13 - 'compat_get_timex()' Leak Kernel Pointer (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46208dos, linuxpublished 21 Jan 2019Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 46208 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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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:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (10 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
10
- USN-3695-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3695-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1574 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 104292 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3697-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3697-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 46208 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2018-3537 (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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