CVE-2018-16866 (GCVE-0-2018-16866)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-01-11 19:00
Modified
2025-06-09 15:41
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
An out of bounds read was discovered in systemd-journald in the way it parses log messages that terminate with a colon ':'. A local attacker can use this flaw to disclose process memory data. Versions from v221 to v239 are vulnerable.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The systemd Project | systemd |
Version: from v221 to v239 |
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