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CVE-2018-5750

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5750 is a local information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel (through version 4.14.15), specifically within the acpi_smbus_hc_add function, affecting Canonical, Debian, Linux, and Red Hat distributions. An attacker with local access can obtain sensitive kernel address information by reading dmesg output from an SBS HC printk call. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, with a high impact on confidentiality but no impact on integrity or 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
<= 4.14.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*

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:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
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
39.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-862.el7
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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-2018-5750Moderate

kernel: Kernel address information leak in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c:acpi_smbus_hc_add() function potentially allowing KASLR bypass

Dec 19, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0676
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1062
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2948
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
patchwork.kernel.org / patch/10174835
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3631-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3631-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3697-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3697-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3698-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3698-2
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4120
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4187
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1040319
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry