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CVE-2018-1124
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-05-23T13:29:00.263 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:50:31.957

Summary

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.

Affected products

procps-ng_project — procps-ng

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