CVE-2018-5995 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the pcpu_embed_first_chunk function in mm/percpu.c, affecting versions through 4.14.14. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel address information by reading dmesg output from a "pages/cpu" printk call. While it has a high confidentiality impact, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.14.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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