CVE-2018-1123

mediumpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.089 · 95 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

8.90% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

21 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a denial of service in ps via mmap buffer overflow. Inbuilt protection in ps maps a guard page at the end of the overflowed buffer, ensuring that the impact of this flaw is limited to a crash (temporary denial of service).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.9–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.03.9lowCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.03.9lowCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.3 · impact 2.5

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USCWE-119USCWE-122USCWE-122US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-44806Procps-ng - Multiple VulnerabilitiesPoC · exploit_db

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

[UNKNOWN] procps-ng, procps≤ procps-ng 3.3.15enisa_euvdEU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 16.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 14.04 ESMfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 12.04 ESMfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 18.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 17.10fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.0fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.1fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Procps-ng≤ 3.3.15fstec_bduRU
canonical ubuntu linux= 12.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 16.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 17.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 18.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-05-23modified 2026-06-17

references (50)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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