vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-16865)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 11, 2019 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 11, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A memory corruption vulnerability has been found in the journald component of systemd >= v201 and <= v240, in the journal_file_append_entry() function. Sending a large "native" message to /run/systemd/journal/socket led to an attacker-controlled alloca(), which could be used to override the content of the memory, in the stack-clash fashion.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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