CVE-2018-16866
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
An out of bounds read was discovered in systemd-journald in the way it parses log messages that terminate with a colon ':'. A local attacker can use this flaw to disclose process memory data. Versions from v221 to v239 are vulnerable.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16866
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16866.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201901-4
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 240.0-3 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 240-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 240-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 240-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 240-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 240-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.