CVE-2018-1125

7.5 HIGH
Published: May 23, 2018 Modified: December 17, 2025
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1125
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104214
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1125
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3658-3/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4208
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
58th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-121 CWE-787 CWE-121

Affected Vendors

procps-ng_project debian canonical opensuse

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