CVSS 3.1
3.3 lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NCVE-2018-16866
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-125, CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- netapp:active_iq_performance_analytics_services
- netapp:element_software
- redhat:enterprise_linux
- redhat:enterprise_linux_compute_node_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_\(structure_a\)
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
- systemd_project:systemd