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CVE-2018-16864

Published: 1/11/2019 Last updated: 6/9/2025 Reserved: 9/11/2018

An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog. A local attacker may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or escalate his privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.0 7.4 High CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Opam packages affected (2)

conf-libudev ocaml-systemd

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
systemd The systemd Project < 6.1.7601.27467

References (34)