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CVE-2018-1000200

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1000200 is a null pointer dereference vulnerability affecting Linux Kernel versions 4.14, 4.15, and 4.16. This flaw can lead to an out-of-memory (OOM) kill of large mlocked processes due to a race condition during memory unmapping. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, it requires local access and low privileges to trigger, primarily impacting system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-alt-0:4.14.0-115.el7a
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1000200Moderate

kernel: NULL pointer dereference on OOM kill of large mlocked process

Apr 24, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2948
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2018-1000200
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / oss-sec/2018/q2/67
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
MitigationPatchVendor Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3752-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 3752-2
usn.ubuntu.com / 3752-3
securityfocus.com / bid/104397
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry