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CVE-2018-5814

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5814 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting various Linux kernel versions (before 4.16.11, 4.14.43, 4.9.102, and 4.4.133), including those in Canonical and Debian distributions. It involves multiple race conditions during USB over IP operations, which can lead to a use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges can exploit it with high attack complexity to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, 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
< 4.4.133CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.5, <= 4.9.102CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, <= 4.14.43CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, <= 4.16.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 1,525 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-5814Moderate

kernel: Race condition errors in USB over IP functionality can cause denial of service

May 15, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00043.html
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.43
Vendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.11
Vendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.133
Vendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.102
Vendor Advisory
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com / advisories/81540
Third Party Advisory
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com / secunia_research/2018-8
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3696-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3696-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3752-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3752-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3752-3
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1041050
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry