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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-1124

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 23, 2018
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to multiple integer overflows leading to a heap corruption in file2strvec function. This allows a privilege escalation for a local attacker who can create entries in procfs by starting processes, which could result in crashes or arbitrary code execution in proc utilities run by other users.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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