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CVE-2018-1125

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1125 describes a stack buffer overflow in the pgrep utility within procps-ng versions prior to 3.3.15, affecting various Linux distributions like Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. This vulnerability, rated 7.5 HIGH, has a network attack vector and low complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service (crash) due to FORTIFY protections. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.3.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:procps-ng_project:procps-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0220 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: procps
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: procps
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: procps-ng

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1125Low

procps: stack buffer overflow in pgrep

May 17, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00058.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00059.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
seclists.org / oss-sec/2018/q2/122
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00021.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3658-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3658-3
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4208
Third Party Advisory
qualys.com / 2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104214
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry