CVE-2018-20855 is a low-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel prior to version 4.18.7, specifically affecting the Infiniband driver for Mellanox hardware. It allows a local attacker to leak uninitialized stack memory to userspace due to an uninitialized variable in the create_qp_common function. The CVSS score is 3.3 (Low), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a low impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.18.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_performance_analytics_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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