CVE-2018-1125
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.40%
Description
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow in pgrep. This vulnerability is mitigated by FORTIFY, as it involves strncat() to a stack-allocated string. When pgrep is compiled with FORTIFY (as on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora), the impact is limited to a crash.
How to fix CVE-2018-1125
To remediate CVE-2018-1125, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/procps—upgrade to 2:3.3.15-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-1125 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:3.3.15-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |