A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS implementation, all versions 3.x and all versions 4.x up to 4.20. An attacker, who is able to mount an exported NFS filesystem, is able to trigger a null pointer dereference by using an invalid NFS sequence. This can panic the machine and deny access to the NFS server. Any outstanding disk writes to the NFS server will be lost.
CVE-2018-16871
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 39(Track)EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 84.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 30, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2696
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2730
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16871
- secalert@redhathttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0002/
- secalert@redhathttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K18657134
- secalert@redhathttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K18657134?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2696
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2730
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16871
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0002/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K18657134
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K18657134?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-16871(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2020:1769Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2020:1567Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2020:0740Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-alt security and bug fix update
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-193.el8 | 2020-04-28 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8 | 2020-04-28 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-alt-0:4.14.0-115.18.1.el7a | 2020-03-09 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-693.58.1.el7 | 2019-09-12 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-1:3.10.0-693.58.1.rt56.652.el6rt | 2019-09-11 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:3.10.0-957.27.2.el7 | 2019-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-957.27.2.rt56.940.el7 | 2019-07-29 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
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