Name: CVE-2018-17977: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-17977, CWE-400, CVSS 4.4, EPSS 0.00122

The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on CentOS 7.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.4
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	Oct 8, 2018
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Oct 8, 2018
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Oct 8, 2018

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CVSS Details

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