CVE-2018-1124

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1124

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1124.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed3.3.15-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:3.3.15-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:3.3.15-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:3.3.15-1
debian debiansidfixed2:3.3.15-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:3.3.15-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.