CVE-2018-10940

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p44

Published

May 9, 2018 (May 9, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory.

Vendors: linux debian
Products: linux kernel, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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