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CVE-2018-10902

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10902 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's raw MIDI driver, specifically impacting distributions like Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. It involves a double free vulnerability (CWE-415, CWE-416) within the snd_rawmidi_ioctl() handler due to inadequate protection against concurrent access. A local attacker with low privileges could exploit this to achieve privilege escalation, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-754.11.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-957.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-alt-0:4.14.0-115.14.1.el7a
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-862.44.2.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-1:3.10.0-693.46.1.rt56.639.el6rt
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10902Important

kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free

Aug 21, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3083
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3096
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0415
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0641
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3217
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3967
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3776-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3776-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3847-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3847-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3847-3
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3849-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3849-2
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4308
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105119
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041529
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry