CVE-2018-16866
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Jan 11, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 9, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2018
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
systemdThe systemd Project |
|
References
- DSA-4367vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/
- https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16866
- USN-3855-1vendor-advisory
- 106527vdb-entry
- GLSA-201903-07vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20190510 Re: System Down: A systemd-journald exploitmailing-list
- 20190513 Re: System Down: A systemd-journald exploitmailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152841/System-Down-A-systemd-journald-Exploit.html
- 20190513 Re: System Down: A systemd-journald exploitmailing-list
- RHSA-2019:2091vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:3222vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2020:0593vendor-advisory
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