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CVE-2018-10124

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10124 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (before version 4.13) affecting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions. A local attacker can exploit a flaw in the kill_something_info function by providing an INT_MIN argument, leading to system unavailability. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) due to its local attack vector and high impact on availability. 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
< 4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*

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
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 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)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10124Moderate

kernel: Undefined behaviour with INT_MIN argument in kernel/signal.c:kill_something_info() allows for denial of service

Jul 11, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/4ea77014af0d6205b05503d1c7aac6eace11d473
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
news.ycombinator.com / item
ExploitThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3696-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3696-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3754-1
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1040684
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry