Description
procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow. Inbuilt protection in ps maps a guard page at the end of the overflowed buffer, ensuring that the impact of this flaw is limited to a crash (temporary denial of service).
Published: 2018-05-23
Score: 3.9 Low
EPSS: 3.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1390-1 procps security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4208-1 procps security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11767 procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow. Inbuilt protection in ps maps a guard page at the end of the overflowed buffer, ensuring that the impact of this flaw is limited to a crash (temporary denial of service).
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3658-1 procps-ng vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3658-3 procps-ng vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Procps-ng Project Procps-ng
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-17T21:19:29.864Z

Reserved: 2017-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-1123

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T03:51:48.635Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-05-23T14:29:00.280

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:59:13.790

Link: CVE-2018-1123

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-05-17T17:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-1123 - Bugzilla

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