CVE-2018-6337
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
folly::secureRandom will re-use a buffer between parent and child processes when fork() is called. That will result in multiple forked children producing repeat (or similar) results. This affects HHVM 3.26 prior to 3.26.3 and the folly library between v2017.12.11.00 and v2018.08.09.00.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (6)
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references (9)
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- https://github.com/facebook/folly/commit/8e927ee48b114c8a2f90d0cbd5ac753795a6761fcnnvd
- https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/e2d10a1e32d01f71aaadd81169bcb9ae86c5d6b8cnnvd
- https://hhvm.com/blog/2018/05/24/hhvm-3.26.3.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/facebook/folly/commit/8e927ee48b114c8a2f90d0cbd5ac753795a6761fenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/e2d10a1e32d01f71aaadd81169bcb9ae86c5d6b8enisa_euvd
- https://hhvm.com/blog/2018/05/24/hhvm-3.26.3.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/facebook/folly/commit/8e927ee48b114c8a2f90d0cbd5ac753795a6761fPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/e2d10a1e32d01f71aaadd81169bcb9ae86c5d6b8PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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