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CVE-2018-1108
Published:May 21, 2018
Updated:October 20, 2026
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.
Related Resources (12)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1108
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3718-2/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104055
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3718-1/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1108
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1108
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-1108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use of Insufficiently Random Values
CWE-330
EPSS
Base Score:
1.73