Security Advisory

CVE-2018-16864

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2019-01-11 20:00:00
Last updated 2025-06-09 15:52:14
Assigner redhat
CVSS score 7.4
State PUBLISHED

Description

An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog. A local attacker may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or escalate his privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable.