CVE-2018-19333 is a critical vulnerability affecting Google gVisor versions prior to 2018-11-01, stemming from mishandled reference counting in IPC_RMID shmctl calls. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to overwrite memory locations in root processes within the sandbox, leading to potential complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its CVSS score of 9.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2018-11-01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:gvisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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