CVE-2018-12714 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2018-12714?

CVE-2018-12714 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.2. The filter parsing in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c could be called with no filter, which is an N=0 case when it expected at least one line to have been read, thus making the N-1 index invalid. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service (slab out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted perf_event_open and mmap system calls.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12714?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12714?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-12714 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12714 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xj9w-qxv5-jhjg, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12714.